It's been a while since I last posted. It's not that I haven't been playing, I just haven't encountered any interesting rules questions. Or if I have, I didn't remember them when the round was over.
Today, I hit a bad chip that went over the green and came to rest about a foot from a maintenance shed. I had no stance, no swing, and I was pretty sure that I should get relief....
I was right. Unless it's out of bounds, the maintenance shed is an immovable obstruction. So I get relief based on Rule 24-2 - Immovable Obstruction.
This rule only applies to stance and swing. If the ball had ended up 20 yards over the maintenance shed, with the shed directly between me and the green, then I get no relief. I have to either go over, around, or through.
As with most free relief, it's a free drop within one club-length of the nearest point of relief, no closer to the hole.
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