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GOLF
RULE 32. CASUAL WATER (DEF. 8), GROUND UNDER
REPAIR (DEF.
13),
HOLE MADE BY BURROWING ANIMAL
i. Ball Lying in or Touching
If a player's ball lie in or touch casual water, ground under repair,
or a hole, cast or runway made by a burrowing animal, a reptile or
a bird, the player may obtain relief as follows
(a) T
HROUGH THE
G
REEN
Through the green, lift and the player may drop the ball without
penalty as near as possible to the spot where it lay, but not nearer
the hole, on ground which avoids these conditions.
(b)
I
N A
H
AZARD
In a hazard, lift and the player may drop the ball either
Without penalty, in the hazard as near as possible to the spot
where the ball lay, but not nearer the hole, on ground which affords
maximum relief from these conditions,
or
Under penalty of one stroke,
behind the hazard as near as possible
to the spot where the ball lay, but not nearer the hole, keeping
the hazard between the player and the hole.
(C)
O
N THE
P
UTTING
G
REEN
On the putting green or, if such conditions intervene between
a ball lying on the putting green and the hole, the player may lift
the ball and place it without penalty in the nearest position to
where it lay which affords the maximum relief from these conditions,
but not nearer the hole.
z. Interference
If any of the conditions covered by this rule interfere with the
player's stance, stroke or the backward movement of his club for the
stroke, the ball may be treated as in Clause
I.
3. Ball Lost
If a ball be lost under a condition covered by this rule, a ball may
be dropped without penalty as near as possible to the place where
the ball entered the area, on ground which avoids these conditions,
but not nearer the hole.
In order to treat a ball as lost, there must be reasonable evidence
to that effect.
4. Re-Dropping
If a ball, when dropped, roll into a position covered by this rule,
it may be re-dropped without penalty. If it be impossible to drop
a ball so that it will not roll into such condition, it shall be placed.
Penalty for breach of rule :
Match play—Loss of hole. Stroke play—Two strokes.
SECTION IX
HAZARDS, WATER HAZARDS
RULE 33. HAZARDS AND WATER HAZARDS (DEF.
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z. Touching Hazard Prohibited
When a ball lies in or touches a hazard or a water hazard, nothing