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SA #18 free drop

• Adalanar 282 Posts

  Mon, Jan 2 2012 11:28 AM

  today something very strange happened.

  on SA No18 i hit it to the right (dont ask me what i did there) - and the ball ended up against the fence that is close to the street.

  I tough it is OB - but it wasnt - I ended up getting a free drop - just that the free drop was on the tee box.

  I was then hitting two and tied the hole with par.

  Can anybody explain this to me - as I have no idea why that happened.

   

  Cheers

   

   

• oilyrag 875 Posts

  Mon, Jan 2 2012 12:39 PM

  this has been mentioned before, but i'm having trouble with the search, so...

  i think it's something like this

  the fence is the boundary of the course - you were probably near the fence, still in bounds but the fence interfered with the swing

  in real life, i suspect the boundary fence is declared an integral part of the course,

  but... wgt as the tournament committee have probably declared the fence as an obstuction

  and given you free relieve. it also appear they have nominated a drop zone as the tee box.

   

  all a bit bizarre, like a few other "implementations" of rules

   

   

  note also in real life the road across the 1st and 18th is an integral part of the course, so no free drop allowed. wgt have created their own local rule (this is allowed within the rules of golf) and declared the road an obstruction, giving a free drop on the fairway behind the road.

   

• piztaker 5,743 Posts

  Mon, Jan 2 2012 12:43 PM

  I had a ball bounce along that fence once and it cleared the green, must have bounced about three times on it.

• Adalanar 282 Posts

  Mon, Jan 2 2012 5:37 PM

  thank you for the explanation - explains what happened and would never figured it our miyself - especially as I would not have guessed someone would define a drop zone on the tee for something where you can drop just a couple of ft to the left of the fence.

  bounce it three times on it - now this is a challenge - but not sure if i am aiming to repeat that shot of yours.

• WGTicon 12,511 Posts

  Tue, Jan 3 2012 1:37 AM

  yes, there are some free drops and other times with penalty. i am not 100% clear on every situation but does happen.

   

  other places i seen it is on #1 sta and #2 kiawah.

  -wgticon