Friday, October 13, 2017

Ask Linda #1623-Stance in hazard

Linda,
Can you take a stance within a hazard after taking a drop out of said hazard?  Is it like cart path relief, where you must take full relief?
Thank you for your help love what you do!
Lulu from Abington, Massachusetts

Dear Lulu,
You may take your stance in the hazard after you take relief from the hazard.

None of the relief options for a ball in a water hazard mention “nearest point of relief" (NPR). NPR requires complete relief; hazard relief does not. Therefore, you may stand in the hazard, but not on a cart path. A cart path is an immovable obstruction, which requires complete relief.

Linda
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