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If you hit the ball into the water there is a one shot penalty. You can either drop the ball 2 club lengths from the edge of the hazard or you can go back as far you like in line with the point where the ball entered the hazard. Or you can even go back to the tee, you will be playing 3 off the tee.
That is not strictly correct. The question asks only about "water". There are two "types" of water in the Rules of Golf. i.e. Casual Water(CW) , which is a temporary collection of water, and water in a water hazard. There are two types of water hazard i.e Regular water hazard(WH) and a lateral water hazard, (LWH). It is still a WH or LWH even if there is no water in it.
If your ball is at rest in Casual Water, you are required to proceed, without penalty, under Rule 25-1. If your ball is at rest in eithe a WH or LWH, you must proceed under Rule26-1.Note. If your ball lies in a LWH you have an additional relief optionviz.Rule26-1c.
Which ever relief option you wish to prcoceed under in Rule26-1 it will cost you a penalty stroke. However, a player is not obliged to take relief. He ALWAYS has the option to play the ball as it lies, Rule 13-1.
First of all, you can simply play the ball as it lies, however you must not ground your club, if you do so in strokeplay it is a 2 stroke penalty, in matchplay it is loss of the hole.
If you hit your ball into the water hazard, interestingly, you do not have to find it, you simply need to know it entered the hazard, if you cannot find it you may substitute another ball.
The options from a water hazard are,
1. Play the ball as it lies,
2. Take a 1 stroke penalty drop, two club lengths from the edge of the hazard, keeping the point of entry between you and the flag. (or use the drop zone if one is designated)
3. Take advantage of the stroke and distance rule, (a one stroke penalty) take the ball as far back as you like, again keeping the point of entry between you and the flag.
4. Go back to where you played the last shot from and play another shot from as close to the position as possible (again one stroke penalty)
Under rule 28 there are three options:
Drop the ball without penalty in the bunker with the least amount of water, but not nearer the hole.
Drop the ball behind the bunker with a penalty of one stroke
Declare the ball unplayable and follow rule 28 which allows drops and a penalty of one stroke.
Water hazards: Whenever you see yellow stakes, you know the pond/creek/lake in question is a water hazard. If you hit into a water hazard, you may play the ball as it lies (no penalty), or if the ball is unplayable, choose from these options (with a one-shot penalty):
- Hit another ball from the spot where you just hit (into the water hazard - try to avoid that this time!).
- Take the point where your ball crossed the water hazard and drop another ball (you can go back as far as you want, keeping that point between you and the hole).
Lateral water hazards: If you're playing by the seaside, the beach is often termed a lateral water hazard. Red stakes mean lateral. Your options are either to play the ball as it lies (no penalty, but risky), or choose one of the following (with a one-stroke penalty):
- Drop a ball at the point where the ball last crossed the boundary of the hazard - within two club lengths, no nearer the hole.
- Drop a ball as near as possible to the spot on the opposite margin of the water hazard, the same distance from the hole.
- Hit another ball from within two club lengths of the spot you just hit from.
- Take the point where the ball crossed the water hazard and drop another ball as far back as you want, keeping that point between you and the hole.
As far back as you want keeping the point where the ball entered the water between you and the pin, two club lengths from the nearest point of relief on line of where the ball entered the hazard or go back and replay the previous shot. You must take full relief, so you cannot drop it in a hazard, each option costs a penalty shot.
when you hit a golfball in the water, and you cant get it out, you drop another ball from where you hit the one into the water. Do not drop the ball any closer to the hole. This will be a penalty shot for dropping a ball. Say you had played your 2nd shot when you hit your golfball in the water, the next shot you would be hitting would be your 4th shot beacuse dropping a ball is one penalty shot.
You have two options: You can take a 1 shot penalty and replay the ball from where you originally hit it; or you can take a 1 shot penalty and drop it behind the hazard as far as you want.
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Hitting a golf ball off the fairway results in it coming to rest in a less than desirable place. It could end up in a sand trap, a creek, or in the rough which is the higher cut grass adjacent to the fairway.
What happen when the golf ball is embedded in its own pitch mark in the fairway?
When this happen, There is no relief from a ball embedded in a bunker.
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The golf ball didn't spark, but it is very possible that you did see a spark. This happens when tiny tiny stones and even pieces of sand come in contact with the bottom of the club when you are hitting the ball. This will only have happened on clubs made from titanium such as drivers and some fairway woods.
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The golf ball's density is greater than the water, which the water has adensity of 1.
What is a forecaddy?
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