Linda,
Hopefully you can find the rule for me about taking complete
relief from GUR or cart path. A player at our course was on the cart path and
dropped her ball on the dirt area near her ball, but her feet were still
partially on the cart path. We told her she needed to take complete relief, but
couldn’t find the rule. Please help.
Lulu from Sequim, Washington
Dear Lulu,
Rule 24-2b tells you to drop the ball within one club-length
of the nearest point of relief (NPR). The Definition of NPR tells you that the
NPR is the point where there is no
interference by the condition from which relief is sought. (The Definitions
are in the front of the rulebook.) “No interference” includes lie, stance, and
swing. Rule 20-2c (v) tells you that you must re-drop if the ball rolls to a
spot where you still have interference from the condition from which you were
seeking relief. If you take relief from a cart path, and you subsequently hit
the ball with your feet touching the cart path, the penalty is two strokes
(loss of hole in match play) for a breach of Rule 20-2.
Linda
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