
Rules Topic – Embedded Ball Rule 16.3
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José rocha
Clarification 16.3b/1 does not apply in the situation of a Ball embedded in the bunker wall when there is physical space below the embedded ball. This rule clarifies the procedure when the POINT IMMEDIATELY BELOW THE EMBEDDED BALL IS NOT IN THE GENERAL AREA. It happens that this point is only verified when the ball is stuck on the lower limit of the bunker wall (general area), tangent to the sand and leaves no room for the existence of this reference point. If it is to be determined, it must be obtained next to and above the ball stuck in the ground, in order to respect the imposition of not being closer to the flag.
Therefore, the reference point must be the point immediately behind, that is, below. Note that if there is a few centimeters of distance to the sand on the wall where the ball was stuck, the reference point should be determined as the point immediately below on the wall, general area, since the relief area is not measured in the horizontal plane, or across the ground, but following the slope of the ground as defined by Relief Area (… it is not allowed to measure across ground that is naturally irregular). From here the relief area measurement would be taken with the bat in the almost vertical plane of the bunker wall and the remaining part of the length of the bat in the horizontal part, which breaks the bunker wall horizontally, general area. This is my opinion.Translated with http://www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)
Spottinger
What if there is no relief available within one club length without say dropping in the bunker immediately behind or 90 degrees each way from the ball.