I had never noticed the white OB stakes along the right hand side of #5, but these didn't come into play. The white stakes beyond the green did.
My approach shot landed in the bunker, and I hit it a little too clean, sailing well over the green. I didn't know that it was out of bounds at this point, so I raked the bunker. When my playing partner told me that it was OB, we pondered whether or not there was a penalty for this or not.
Per Rule #12.2b(3), once you have played the ball out of the bunker, you are allowed to rake it. So my ball was out of the bunker (and out of bounds), which allows me to rake before I drop. If the shot remains in the bunker, then you can't rake it.
By the way, I did this twice, scoring an 8 on one of the easiest holes on the course. :|
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