Hi Linda,
Recently my group played a course that was governed by the local rule that states free relief is granted from staked trees. Several trees were staked with actual stakes implanted in the ground. However there were several trees with memorial markers (blocks with verbiage such as “ memorial for Jerry and Mary”)…I’m sure you’ve seen them. No other staking was present. Is this considered a staked tree? Or is this simply an immovable obstruction and therefore you get relief from the marker but not the tree?
I asked in the clubhouse…no answer was provided.
Thanks in advance for your response….
Lou from Avondale, Arizona
Dear Lou,
A stake is a stake. A memorial marker is not a stake. Treat it as an immovable obstruction and take free relief accordingly – free relief from the marker, not from the tree.
Linda
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