Rules Corner
NOTICE: Local Rule Change NEW for 2002: Hole #7 - tee shot left of brook is NO LONGER OUT OF BOUNDS.
What's the Rule?
| Q. | A player's tee shot comes to rest in the bunker to the left of the 13th fairway. His second shot goes out of bounds. How must the player proceed? |
A. |
When a ball is out of bounds, the only option the player has is to play a ball as near as possible from where the original ball was last played. In this case, the player must play from the bunker again. Additionally, the player is permitted to smooth his footprints and other irregularities he made in the sand before dropping the ball. Exception 2 under Rule 13-4 allows a player to smooth irregularities in a bunker after playing a stroke in the bunker. Although the ball will be dropped in the bunker under Rule 27-1, this right to rake the bunker overrides any other conflicting provisions in the Rules. |
References: Rules 13-4 and 27-1, Decision 13-4/37
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