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With regard to stroke play, my associates competitor skipped his 1st tee shot over a pond, as well as the ball lodged in its dirty bank, which was not staked as out of bounds. He maintained embedded-ball relief and bought relief in the general subject. Although I disagreed,   it was getting late u wanted to finish. What was an appropriate ruling?
—Larry Lohman, via inbox

The requirement to finish a round, merged with end a disagreement without having resorting to strong words or possibly a pistols at dawn, is precipitated countless bad rulings — including this one.

A body of fluids such as a pond is by outline a penalty area, even if it isn’t staked. And when the edge is absolutely not defined by the committee in control, it’s defined by its very own natural boundaries, in this case, which usually ground breaks down toward this inflatable water.

So it sure sounds like associated with muddy bank is in the fees area, and as such your good guy competitor wasn’t entitled to stuck ball relief, since there is no reprieve for other rules from where the ball is in the penalty destination per Rule 17. a couple of. You can stake your level of popularity on that.

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My ball lies in the new red penalty area. Is playable, but there’s an actual fence between the ball besides green. The fence is out of bounds, my ball is not very. Do I get relief from your strong immovable obstruction? If so, must I drop within the penalty environment, or just within two club-lengths of the closest point coming from all relief?
—Gary Ahlstrom, Charlotte, NUMERISCHE STEUERUNG

First things first, Gary: Little or no, you do not get free relief from this immovable obstruction if your party is in a penalty area, of the Rule 17. 3.

Further, since the containment system is out of bounds, even if the golf wasn’t in a penalty state, you still wouldn’t get free rid of it. Alas, this renders your follow-up question moot, although it never hurts might!

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