Dear Linda,
When a player has to go to the drop zone to play a shot, the
drop zone is marked with a circle and labeled drop zone. Can the player
stand outside the circle as long as she drops (ball lands inside the circle)
inside the drop zone circle?
Lulu from Tennessee
Dear Lulu,
The Rule about
Dropping Zones puts no restrictions on where you place your feet. If the area
is defined by a circle, there is no requirement that your feet be in the
circle.
However, when you
drop the ball, it must strike the ground inside the circle. If there is a line
defining the Zone, the line is in the Zone, so the drop is good if it strikes
the line.
You may be
interested to know that your drop is good even if it rolls out of the Zone,
provided it doesn’t roll more than two club-lengths from the spot it hit the
ground when you dropped it. And the drop is good in most cases even if it rolls
forward!
For complete
details on how to properly use a Dropping Zone, please read Appendix I, Part B,
#8 in the back of your rulebook.
Linda
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