![]() ![]() There is no relief if the interference is strictly mental.įollowing is the procedure for taking relief from an immovable obstruction (except when the ball is in a water hazard) the ball can be cleaned in all instances. On the green only, relief is allowed from an immovable obstruction in the player’s line. Free relief from an immovable obstruction is allowed when the ball lies in or on the object, or the object interferes with the player’s stance or swing. Exceptions: Any player’s equipment or a flagstick being tended.Ģ4-2. ![]() With a ball in motion, an obstruction that might influence the ball can’t be moved. The player is allowed to clean the ball after lifting. If the ball is in or on the obstruction, the ball can be lifted, the object moved and the ball dropped (through the green or in a hazard) or placed (on the green) as close as possible to the spot directly under its location in or on the object, no nearer the hole. If he accidentally moves the ball in the process, he must replace it, without penalty. A player is allowed remove a movable obstruction, as long as his ball doesn’t lie in or on the object, with no penalty. Examples of objects that aren’t obstructions: Bases of boundary fence posts boundary stakes, even if the boundary applies only on another hole (not the hole in play) steps with a natural surface (e.g., soil or grass) on a bank or hill ground raised by an underground pipe or fixture.Ģ4-1.Examples of obstructions: Steps or wires attached to a boundary wall a car or cart parked in bounds wooden, concrete or other artificially surfaced steps on a bank or hill.Obstructions are considered movable if they can be easily moved without unduly delaying play or causing damage. This is different from a player seeing the rake/club left behind thinking they're not likely in play, putting and then accidentally hitting one of them.Note: The Rules define “obstructions” as any artificial object or surface, like a road, cart path or curb, unless the object defines out of bounds (e.g., a fence), is part of an immovable object that’s out of bounds or is considered part of the golf course. Since the player is not the one who left the rake/club there, 11.2 doesn't apply either. This is no longer an accident and why Exc 2 to 11.1b cannot apply. In your post above, the player is intentionally leaving the rake on the putting green because it might stop the ball. The ball must be played as it lies, because the player played the course as he found it. If the player knew his ball may hit the rake or putter that had been left behind by a preceding group, exception 2 to Rule 11.1b does not apply and because the object was not deliberately put in place by the player, Rule 11.2 does not apply. Can the player leave it below the hole to potentially stop his putt if he misses? If he accidentally hits it (by missing putt) does the stroke count? I'm confused by, what seems to me, to be conflicting language in 11.1 vs 11.2a/1. What if a putter (or the rake) had been left on the green. Interpretation 11.2a/1 allows a player to leave a rake, without penalty, left by a preceding group that might stop his downhill putt. The specific one I'm referring to above is: Click to expand.It is not at all common that USGA responses to questions on that site break new ground, but it does occur on occasion.
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