I haven't gotten to play Fairbanks Ranch yet, but I did participate in a rules discussion regarding their "President's Cup."
With all of the rain we've had this year, some penalty areas (aka lakes) are overfull. If a ball is in the water, but still on the fairway side of the line or stakes, then it is not in the penalty area. It is in casual water. Congratulations, you get free relief!
The other issue was a little more complicated. I think I wrote about this regarding #2 at Vineyard, because it involves a drop zone. A drop zone is always a local rule. And it doesn't seem like the courses bother to explicitly state the exact rule. If you go by the model local rule (E-1.1), then the drop zone is associated with a specific penalty area. It doesn't matter if it's your approach shot, it doesn't matter where your ball is within in the penalty area, you can take relief in the drop zone with a one stroke penalty.
This comes up on #2 at Vineyard. If you hit your drive into the penalty area, you can take relief in the same green-side DZ that you would use if it had been your approach shot went into the water. I don't believe that this is their intention, but until they post their local rule somewhere, this is the only reasonable interpretation.
No comments:
Post a Comment