[jlab-9hgl 02275] Re: [EXTERNAL] ball lost or out of bounds

[Mark Ito]

Earl,

I should add...the relief under the various rules for various situations
often have common elements, so the descriptions of the relief methods you
posted are useful when thinking about relief generally.

....anyone remember Rolaids? 😉

  -- Mark

On Tue, Apr 22, 2025 at 7:14 PM Mark Ito <markito3 at gmail.com> wrote:

> My understanding is that an unplayable ball, a ball lost in a hazard, and
> a lost ball are all controlled by different USGA rules. In particular, an
> unplayable ball is a ball you found, you look at where it is sitting, it is
> in-bounds, and you say to yourself "no way should I try to hit that ball"
> for any number of possible reasons. Since you found it, well, it ain't lost.
>
> On Tue, Apr 22, 2025 at 11:56 AM Earl Mosby <mosby at jlab.org> wrote:
>
>> FYI,
>> Per USGA, relief for unplayable ball in general area.  (1) We do not take
>> stroke & distance into account.
>> We should use (2) or (3) as options.
>>
>>
>> Per USGA, Back-on-the-Line Relief:
>>
>>
>>
>> I hope this helps.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Earl
>> ------------------------------
>> *From:* Jlab-9hgl on behalf of Mark Ito via Jlab-9hgl
>> *Sent:* Monday, April 21, 2025 10:37 PM
>> *To:* JLab Nine-Hole Golf League
>> *Subject:* [jlab-9hgl 02263] [EXTERNAL] ball lost or out of bounds
>>
>> Folks,
>>
>> There was a lot of discussion today about this rule. Here is the quote
>> from the league rules:
>>
>> "For any lost ball or ball hit out of bounds, you must drop a ball no more
>> than two club lengths from the out of bounds spot or location the ball is
>> determined lost. You must take a 1-stroke penalty. DO NOT go back to
>> the original spot to hit again and DO NOT go back as far as you want to
>> choose a nice spot to drop."
>>
>>   -- Mark
>>
>> --
>> Mark M. Ito
>> markito3 at gmail.com
>>
>>
>
> --
> Mark M. Ito
> markito3 at gmail.com
>
>

-- 
Mark M. Ito
markito3 at gmail.com
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