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Options for taking relief from an abnormal course condition
If your ball is in a bunker and there is interference by an abnormal course condition on the course, you may take relief as shown using one of the two options shown in Diagram 16.1c.
DIAGRAM 16.1c: RELIEF FROM ABNORMAL COURSE CONDITION IN BUNKER
- The diagram assumes a right-handed player.
- When there is interference from an abnormal course condition in a bunker, free relief may be taken in the bunker under Rule 16.1b or back-on-the-line relief may be taken outside the bunker for one penalty stroke.
- Relief outside the bunker is taken by dropping a ball on a spot that keeps the spot of the original ball between the hole and that spot.
- The relief area is one club-length in any direction from the spot where the ball first touches the ground when dropped.