1931

33S
Rule 27.
Ball in Water Hazard.
Ball in Casual Water in Hazard.
4)
1. If a ball lie or be lost in a recognised water hazard (whether
the ball lie in water or not) or in casual water in a hazard, the
player may drop a ball under penalty of one stroke either
(a) behind the hazard, keeping the spot at which the ball crossed
the margin of the hazard between himself and the hole, or (b) in
the hazard, keeping the spot at which the ball entered the water
between himself and the hole.
Ball in Casual Water through the Green.
2.
If a ball lie or be lost in casual water through the green, t
-
be
player may drop a ball, without penalty, within two club lengths
of the margin, as near as possible to the spot where the ball lay,
but not nearer to the hole.
If a ball when dropped roll into the water, it may be re-dropped
without penalty.
Ball in Casual Water on the Putting-Green.
3. If a ball on the putting-green lie in casual water, or if casual
water intervene between a ball lying on the putting-green and the
hole, the ball may be played where it lies, or it may be lifted
without penalty and placed by hand, either within two club lengths
directly behind the spot from which the ball was lifted, or in the
nearest position to that spot which is not nearer to the hole and
which affords a putt to the hole without casual water intervening.
Water Interfering with Stance.
4. A ball lying so near to casual water that the water interferes
with the player's stance may be treated as if it lay in casual water,
under the preceding Sections of this Rule:
Want of Space to Drop.
5. If it be impossible from want of space in which to play, or
from any other cause, for a player to drop a ball in conformity
with Sections (1) and (2) of this Rule, or to place it in conformity
with Section (3), he shall " drop " or " place " as nearly
as
possible
within the limits laid down in these Sections, but not nearer to the
hole.
The penalty
for
a
breach
of this Rule shall be the loss of the hole.