KGlennCole
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Facts:
(1) Ball is lying in heavy fescue on left-hand side of fairway ~less than 2' from rough. [Actually, *buried* beneath matted-down fescue.]
(2) Right-handed golfer. [That would be me. ]
(3) Player knows he can declare unplayable lie any where, any time. 1 of the 3 relief options (line to pin) not feasible; 1 other, replay from tee not considered (although, in hindsight, probably should have been. LOL? or is that COL? [crying]).
Questions:
(1) Can player's nearest point of relief be to the *right*? Thereby allowing player to drop within 2 club lengths of that point (essentially in the rough)?
BTW. Here's what happened - I didn't take relief, and elected to play the ball, because I was unsure and did not ask my fellow competitors for a ruling. I hacked the ball out to ~6" from the fescue into the rough.. I then proceeded to *whiff* 2 shots because the high fescue caught my club.. finally, on 3rd try, I was able to advance the ball.. took an 8 on the short par 4. Ouch.
Oh, I don't think, even now, that I would have been entitled to relief to the *right*. Am I right or wrong?
Lesson learned? Next time. Hit the fairway.. or at least the rough.
(1) Ball is lying in heavy fescue on left-hand side of fairway ~less than 2' from rough. [Actually, *buried* beneath matted-down fescue.]
(2) Right-handed golfer. [That would be me. ]
(3) Player knows he can declare unplayable lie any where, any time. 1 of the 3 relief options (line to pin) not feasible; 1 other, replay from tee not considered (although, in hindsight, probably should have been. LOL? or is that COL? [crying]).
Questions:
(1) Can player's nearest point of relief be to the *right*? Thereby allowing player to drop within 2 club lengths of that point (essentially in the rough)?
BTW. Here's what happened - I didn't take relief, and elected to play the ball, because I was unsure and did not ask my fellow competitors for a ruling. I hacked the ball out to ~6" from the fescue into the rough.. I then proceeded to *whiff* 2 shots because the high fescue caught my club.. finally, on 3rd try, I was able to advance the ball.. took an 8 on the short par 4. Ouch.
Oh, I don't think, even now, that I would have been entitled to relief to the *right*. Am I right or wrong?
Lesson learned? Next time. Hit the fairway.. or at least the rough.