Dear Linda,
My golf partners and I continually struggle with the
question of whether or not "line of sight" relief is allowed if a
telephone pole is in the field of play.
The pole is in the rough...if that makes a difference. Thank
you Linda.
Lou from Grand Rapids, Michigan
Dear Lou,
I wrote a detailed column addressing this same issue with
regard to an irrigation-control box in 2010. Please read the column and
substitute “telephone pole” for “irrigation-control box.” Here is the link:
Briefly, the player is only entitled to free relief if the
immovable obstruction (the pole, in your case) interferes with the player’s
stance or his area of intended swing [Rule 24-2a]. Intervention on the line of
play (or line of sight) is not considered interference; no free relief is
available [Rule 24-2a; Decision 33-8/17].
Linda
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