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A water hazard is indicated by yellow paint or yellow stakes. |
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A lateral water hazard is indicated by red paint or red stakes.
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A water hazard is indicated by yellow paint or yellow stakes. |
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A lateral water hazard is indicated by red paint or red stakes.
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Water Hazard
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Ball played from
Point A to Point B ends up in a Water Hazard at Point C, where the green
line is the path the ball took. Your options are
1 Play the ball as it lies. 2 Drop a ball not nearer the hole under a penalty of 1 shot from where the last shot was played from. Can be teed up if played from the tee area. 3 Drop a ball under a penalty of 1 shot behind the hazard as far back as you want keeping a direct line where the ball entered the hazard (as shown by X) and the hole. |
Lateral Water Hazard
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Ball played from
Point A to Point B ends up in a Lateral Water Hazard at Point C, where
the green line is the path the ball took. Your options are
1 Play the ball as it lies. 2 Drop a ball not nearer the hole under a penalty of 1 shot from where the last shot was played from. Can be teed up if played from the tee area. 3 Drop a ball under a penalty of 1 shot behind the hazard as far back as you want keeping a direct line where the ball entered the hazard (as shown by X) and the hole. Only if in a lateral water hazard (red stakes) you have 2 more options 4 Drop a ball under a penalty of 1 shot within 2 club lengths not nearer the hole from where the ball entered the hazard. 5 Drop a ball under a penalty of 1 shot within 2 club lengths not nearer the hole on the opposite side of the hazard the same distance from the hole. |
Rule 26-1