There's enough paint on the fairways at Miramar right now to paint one of the hangars where they store the F-18s. Which is probably a good thing, since you're usually trying to guess what qualifies as Ground Under Repair. And I wanted to re-read the rule because I thought I remembered something weird about the nearest point of relief for GUR.
Ground Under Repair is covered by Rule #16.1. Rule #16.1b covers relief in the general area, which includes the fairway. This section indicates that the Reference Point for relief is the nearest point of complete relief. It does not specify that it can't be closer to the hole. My thinking was that if you are in a big area marked as GUR, the nearest point of complete relief could be in front of the GUR. But alas, if you look at the definition of the nearest point of complete relief, it is specified there that it can't be closer to the hole. So you have to go sideways.
This makes sense, but I remembered reading the rule and noticing that the rule didn't mention not nearer the hole explicitly. But it's there in the definition of nearest point of complete relief.
I also hit my ball into a pile of branches left of the fairway on #10. Natural materials piled for removal are considered ground under repair. But these were piled right next to stumps that would not be considered GUR. I could have removed the loose branches (as loose impediments), but my ball still would have been very difficult to play. So I took an unplayable lie (2 club lengths, one stroke penalty).
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