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Rerief
Situations and Procedure
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Rule
25
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Abnormal
Ground Conditions, Embedded Ball and Wrong Putting Green
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25-1.
Abnormal Ground Conditions
a. Interference
Interference by an abnormal ground condition
occurs when a ball lies in or touches the
condition or when such a condition interferes with the player's
stance or the area of his
intended swing. If the player's ball lies on the putting
green, interference also occurs if such
condition on the putting green intervenes on his line
of putt. Otherwise, intervention on the
line of play is not, of itself,
interference under this Rule.
*Note: The Committee
may make a Local Rule denying the player relief from interference
with his stance by an abnormal
ground condition.
b. Relief
Except when the ball is in a water hazard
or a lateral water hazard, a
player may obtain
relief from interference by an abnormal
ground condition as follows:
(i) Through the Green: If the
ball lies through the green,
the nearest point of relief
shall be determined which is not in a hazard
or on a putting green. The player
shall lift the
ball and drop it without penalty within one club- length of and
not nearer the hole than the nearest point of relief, on a part
of the course which avoids interference (as defined) by the
condition and is not in a hazard or on a putting green.
(ii) In a Bunker: If the ball
is in a bunker; the player shall
lift and drop the ball either:
- (a) Without penalty, in accordance with Clause (i) above,
except that the nearest point
of relief must be in the bunker and the ball must be
dropped in the bunker, or if complete relief is impossible, in the
bunker as near as possible to the spot where the ball lay, but not
nearer the hole, on a part of the course which affords maximum available
relief from the condition; or
(b) Under penalty of one stroke,
outside the bunker keeping the point where the ball lay
directly between the hole and the spot on which the ball is dropped.
with no limit to how far
behind the bunker the ball may be dropped.
(iii) On the Putting Green:
If the ball lies on the putting green,
the player shall lift the
ball and place it without penalty at the
nearest point of relief which is not in a hazard,
or
if complete relief is impossible, at the nearest position to where
it lay which affords maximum available relief from the condition,
but not nearer the hole nor in a hazard. The nearest point of
relief or maximum available relief may be off the putting green.
The ball may be cleaned when lifted under Rule 25-1b.
(Ball rolling to a position where there is interference by the condition
from which relief was taken -see Rule 20-2c(v).)
Exception: A player may not obtain
relief under Rule 25-1b if (a) it is clearly unreasonable for
him to playa stroke because of interference by anything other than
an abnormal ground
condition or (b) interference by such a condition would
occur only through use of an
unnecessarily abnormal stance,
swing or direction of play.
*Note 1: If a ball is in a water
hazard (including a lateral
water hazard), the player is
not entitled to relief without penalty from interference by an abnormal
ground condition.
The player shall play the ball as it lies (unless prohibited by
Local Rule) or proceed under Rule 26-1.
*Note 2: If a ball to be dropped
or placed under this Rule is not immediately recoverable,
another ball may be substituted.
c. Ball Lost
It is a question of fact whether a ball lost after having been struck
toward an abnormal
ground condition is lost in such condition. In order
to treat the ball as lost in the abnormal
ground condition, there must be reasonable evidence to that effect.
In the absence of such
evidence, the ball must be treated as a lost
ball and Rule 27 applies.
If a ball is lost in an abnormal ground condition, the spot where
the ball last entered the
condition shall be determined and, for the purposes of applying
this Rule, the ball shall be
deemed to lie at this spot.
- (i) Through the Green: If
the ball last entered the abnormal ground
condition at a
spot through the green, the
player may substitute another ball without penalty and take
relief as prescribed in Rule 25 -1 b(i).
- (ii) In a Bunker: If the ball
last entered the abnormal ground condition
at a spot in a
bunker; the player may substitute
another ball without penalty and take relief as prescribed
in Rule 25-1b(ii).
- (iii) In a Water Hazard (including a
Lateral Water Hazard): If the ball last entered
the abnormal ground condition
at a spot in a water hazard,
the player is not entitled to
relief without penalty. The player shall proceed under Rule 26-1.
- (iv) On the Putting Green:
If the ball last entered the abnormal ground
condition
at a spot on the putting green,
the player may substitute another ball without penalty and
take relief as prescribed in Rule 25-1b(iii).
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