Can you relax freely from the fence if you stand on the cart road?

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My opponent hit a car, which was leaning against the fence. The lane path about two feet from the fence extends to the length of the fairway. He did not swing because of the fence, but when taking a stand he stood on the cart road and insisted that he had the right to relief. My impression is, if you have No You are not entitled to such relief due to a swaying barrier like a fence. Can you clarify? – Russ Bonanno, via email

The ruled person will sit on the fence, and that’s why. If the fence is defined from the scope and the position of the ball makes the stroke obviously unreasonable, then free relief according to Rule 16.1a(3) no Even if the player interferes from the cart path, it can be allowed.

However, if it is not a border fence, in the course, players are disturbed by two immovable obstacles and can choose which obstacles they want to rescue from. If each bounce back and forth, they will immediately get relief from both based on the definition of the most recent complete relief point.

So your statement about not embossing when disturbed by immobility barriers has been closed, but probably because you don’t know how to distinguish the state of the object – when you interfere with what you do, refuse to mitigate the object no Getting free relief makes a stroke obviously unreasonable.

For more relief guidance from Masters, please continue reading…

I played in the game of members and shot a willful shot. My ball was parked behind a memorial tree, directly between my ball and the green. I asked for free relief, thinking that as a memorial, the tree was not part of the course design. I was denied and told that I could only get free relief from the adjacent memorial stones. Is that right? – Tim Muldoon, Buffalo, NY

The ruler sounds right.

Specific trees can be protected by local rules by making them invalid, but this treatment is usually reserved for young, growing trees. If the Commission did not make the memorial tree a play-free zone, then the memorial plaque itself is the only immovable obstacle and anomaly allowed by free relief.

The rule guy doesn’t have to tell you never to do it, well, please rest assured exist Memorial tree.