In this case the concrete posts and chain railings are an OOB obstruction which means NO free relief is available but you are entitled to remove the chain railings, as they are by definition Movable Out of Bounds Obstructions.

Sadly, no relief is available if your ball is impeded by the concrete posts. However, you are entitled to stand outside of the course i.e. on the tarmac path, to play your shot.

3.  Other Immovable obstructions and Relief Options

When playing the 18th hole two more immovable obstructions on the first tee add confusion to a players relief options. 

a. The first is the man-made steps leading up to the first tee. If your ball does come to rest on or near these steps and they interfere with your lie, stance or area of intended swing and your ball is not OOB, you are allowed to either play the ball as it lies or take free relief. Your relief procedure is to take the club that you would use to play the shot and determine the nearest point of relief that is not nearer the hole AND provides FULL relief from the steps.

This will normally be on the inclined face of the tee and must be marked with a tee peg or similar object, from here you are allowed one club length, again no nearer the hole. This position must also be marked and the ball dropped from shoulder height. The ball must strike the course between the two marker points you have determined and is allowed to come to rest no more than two club lengths from these points.

If the ball rolls OOB or more that two club lengths it should be re-dropped, if this happens a second time the ball should be PLACED where it last struck the course.

b. Additionally, there are two stone tee markers positioned on the first tee. These are defined as Immovable Obstructions. Relief is ONLY available if these marker stones interfere with your lie, stance or area of intended swing. For clarification, your area of intended swing is the arc the club head makes on the back and follow through action of your stroke.  No relief is available if it’s just on your line of play.

Finally, it is custom and practise for any members on or about the first tee to indicate to players on the 18th tee whether their ball is in play or OOB.

This is done by facing the players on the 18th tee and raising your arm pointing to the course, for a ball in play, or pointing to the clubhouse for a ball that is OOB. Perhaps in the future we should encourage a third signal by raising both arms to indicate that we are uncertain and that the player should elect to play a provisional ball.