Linda,
I have a question about red stakes around a pond. The
fairway is a dogleg left and at the turn in the fairway there is a pond. When
you hit a ball into the pond, do you hit your next shot from where you entered
the hazard, or if the ball lands near the far side of the pond take your shot
from the spot nearest where the ball landed and just not closer to the hole? We
always play our next shot where we entered the hazard, not where the ball has
landed. Is this correct? Some have done it the other way, which I consider
wrong.
Thanks.
Lulu from Nova Scotia, Canada
Dear Lulu,
You are correct.
When you take relief from a lateral water hazard, the
reference point for flagline relief or two-club-length relief is always the
point where the ball last crossed the
margin of the hazard. Where the ball actually lands in the hazard is
irrelevant. Please read Rule 26-1b and c.
Linda
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