Wow – this is fun. What if the embedding is in the face of a
bunker – not in the sand but in the dirt? Since it is not in the sand I guess
it is strictly speaking not in the bunker? Assuming the local rule, again, then
I am entitled to relief? But where would I drop?!?
Lou
Dear Lou,
When the Local Rule is in effect that allows a free drop for
a ball embedded in its own pitch-mark “through the green,” you are entitled to
that free drop if your ball is not embedded in a bunker. Any grass-covered
ground within a bunker is not part of the bunker; nor is a stacked turf face,
whether grass-covered or dirt [Definition of Bunker].
Your drop would have to be as close as possible to where the ball was embedded, no closer to
the hole [Rule 25-2]. If your first drop rolls more than two club-lengths, or
into the bunker, you must re-drop; if the second drop has the same result, you
must place the ball as near as possible to the spot where it hit the ground on
your second drop [Rule 20-2c].
Linda
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