Do you know the rules? Shona hits her approach shot over the green and her ball strikes the grandstand and rebounds into the rough. When she arrives at the ball she sees that the ball has a large cut to its surface. What is the ruling?
A. Shona may substitute a ball and place it on the spot where the original ball lay. B. Shona may replay her last stroke without penalty with a substituted ball. C. Shona must either continue play with her original ball or proceed under penalty of stroke and distance.
Find out what the answer is in next week’s newsletter. Did you get the answer to last week’s rule? Shona’s ball lands and plugs on a grass island in one of the greenside bunkers. She decides to declare the ball unplayable and take a drop under penalty of one stroke. Shona must drop the ball in the bunker. A. True. B. False. Correct Answer: C. False Grass-covered ground within a bunker is not part of the bunker. Accordingly, Shona may drop the ball behind the bunker. (See Definition of Bunker and Decision 28/9)
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