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Posted: Apr/13/2009 1:08 PM PST
Hope someone else saw this, because I can't remember the details. I think it was on Saturday during this past weekend's Masters that a player (Jimenez, maybe?) hit his tee shot on 12 over the green and up into the flowers and other stuff back there. He brought a rules official over and, after some discussion, was given a free drop. The commentators said this was because his ball was "embedded" in the pine straw. Was this covered by Rule 25-2? I wouldn't think that the area behind the green, which is clearly intended to be something to avoid, would constitute "through the green." Could I use the same ruling to get relief if I miss the fairway with my drive and the ball lands, 40 yards offline, in a pile of raked leaves?
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Posted: Apr/13/2009 10:02 PM PST
No you cant use that rule, that is termed a local rule every course has local rules regarding strange things that relate to that course only check the back of the card under local rules . Often they cover flowerbeds power poles and lines even parking lots.
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Posted: Apr/14/2009 7:16 AM PST
I figured it might be a local rule thing, but it seems strange to me that a major championship would have local rules that are significantly easier than the normal set.
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Posted: Apr/16/2009 1:26 PM PST
"Through the green" is any part of the golf course that is in bounds, not on the putting green of the hole you are playing, not on the teeing ground and not in a hazard. So a flower bed would absolutely be considered "through the green"
More likely though, Augusta had a local rule to allow a free drop from landscaped flower beds. It's hard to imagine a golf ball imbedded in pine straw.
Cheers!
RJA
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Posted: Apr/17/2009 9:45 PM PST
I have never been to a great course that doesnt have local rules, its the sign of a well thought out course that the pros have looked at and ruled upon.
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Posted: Apr/18/2009 7:44 AM PST
Quote: Originally posted by ralvar So a flower bed would absolutely be considered "through the green"
Okay, thanks, I wasn't clear on that.
Quote: Originally posted by More likely though, Augusta had a local rule to allow a free drop from landscaped flower beds.
Ah, right, that would make sense, similar to a staked tree.
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