Linda,
1) Ball is embedded in soft creek bed. Ball is visible but
clearly half-embedded. Creek is not staked or red-lined.
How do I play?
2) Ball is not embedded in soft creek bed but is more than
half covered with sticky mud. Creek is not staked or red-lined.
How do I play?
3) In either of the above, if I chose to take a stroke and
drop the ball, can I clean it?
Lou from Ontario, Canada
Dear Lou,
The fact that the hazard is unmarked does not absolve the
player from his responsibility to recognize that his ball lies in a hazard. If
he decides that his ball is unplayable, he must choose one of the relief
options in Rule 26-1. All of these options permit the player to clean the ball
or substitute another ball.
Linda
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