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Notes
about the game from Patty Ellis, Past Rules Chair
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Rule
28 - Ball Unplayable
(Some
days it seems like they're all unplayable!)
 What
is an unplayable lie? Except if the ball lies in a
water hazard, anytime a player thinks her ball is
unplayable, it is. So the only criteria needed to
declare a ball unplayable is the player's judgment.
Here
are some examples of where a ball might be unplayable:
Ball comes to rest on a rock, or in a tree, or under
a tree, or up against a root of a tree, or really
deep in the woods, or under the lip of a bunker, or
under a ton of sand in a bunker, or under a log. Yes,
as you might have guessed, these examples all come
from my personal experiences… much to my dismay.
The point is, it's you who determines if your ball
is unplayable or not.
Once
you declare your ball unplayable you have three options,
all under penalty of one stroke;
a.
Play a ball as nearly as possible at the spot from
which the original ball was last played; (so if the
errant shot was hit from the tee box, go back to the
tee box.)
or
b. Drop a ball within two club-lengths of the
spot where the ball lay, but not nearer the hole.
You can use any of your clubs to determine the two
club-lengths…people generally use their driver.
or
c. Drop a ball behind the point where the ball
lay, keeping that point
directly between the hole and the spot on which the
ball is dropped, with no limit to how far behind that
point the ball may be dropped. Many times keeping
the unplayable position between where you get to drop
and the hole puts you in a worse position… deeper
in the woods, for example. But sometimes, it's your
only decent option.
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