Rules of Golf Ball Unplayable

[jcking33]

Great..it really helps.. atleast it adds knowledge... :)

[fcdiaz1]

ok that was cool but do you add a stroke?



[9ty9]

@fcdiaz1 Of course you incur a penalty if you deem your ball unplayable. Otherwise players would use this option every time they had a lie that they did not fancy. Check my video again at 30 seconds, or better still read Rule 28, one of the shortest Rules in the book.

[LRP6]

Hey Barry. Our club has erected a net along a roadside hole to prevent cars being hit by wayward drives. Btw the net & boundry fence is bush which balls frequently find by going under or even through the net. A player can, using Rule 28, take 2 club lengths & find themselves dropping the ball near the net. My question is, do they then get to take relief under Rule 24 or does it preclude them the 2 club lenght option in the 1st place.

[9ty9]

@LRP6 Unless there is a Local Rule stating that the net is an integral part of the course then free relief is available from it, if it interferes with the player's lie, stance or area of intended swing (Rule 24-2). If a player deems their ball unplayable and takes the option of dropping it within two club-lengths, under penalty of one stroke (Rule 28), they may then take relief from the net if their ball has come to rest where it interferes with their next stroke.

Barry

[LRP6]

@9ty9 Thanks Barry. Your answer has helped immensely. Cheers Bob P

[eattan]

Barry,thanks again for your reply and i am very clear now that in water hazard,we could use rule 26.1.

[eattan]

thanks Barry for your reply.

one more question about this topic,what happen if my ball plug at the rough in the hazard?I read in thegolf rules for unplayable mentioned that we could declare unplayble at anywhere except in the hazard.

thanks.

[9ty9]

@eattan Rule 28 states that a ball may be deemed unplayable at any place on the course, except when the ball is in a water hazard. In this case the player can either try playing their ball, even though it is plugged, or take one of the relief options available under Rule 26-1 for a penalty of one stroke. If a ball plugs in a bunker (the only other type of hazard) and the player does not want to play it from there, they may deem it unplayable and then drop it in the bunker, as per Rule 28.

Barry

[eattan]

hi Barry,

do we place or drop a ball on the green, if you were to declare unplayable after your first putt that gone into bunker or water hazard.thanks

[9ty9]

@eattan In the circumstance you describe the ball must be placed on the putting green. Part of Rule 20-5 states;

"When a player elects or is required to make his next stroke from where a previous stroke was made, he must proceed as follows:... ...d.On the Putting Green: The ball to be played must be placed on the putting green."

Barry

[9ty9]

Slattedj,

That's why there are three options for an unplayable ball, Rule 28. If you cannot drop within two clublengths, or on the line from the flagstick through the ball where the ball lies, then you have to go back to where you made your last stroke from, under penalty of one stroke.

Barry

[slattedj]

Hey Barry, just wanted to know what happens if there were thick forestry behind the bush on the line from the flagstick to through the ball so as to make that option also unplayable? Thanks!