So, when a player hits their ball in a lateral water hazard , they have some different options. They can hit the ball from the hazard but cannot ground their club in it before hitting the ball. That's usually in water and a bad idea. A player can take a one-stroke penalty and drop within two club lengths of where the ball last crossed the margin perimeter of the hazard, no nearer the hole. They can also go to the opposite side of hazard, no nearer the hole, and drop.
The player can also drop keeping the ball on the line of the point of the ball's entry in the hazard and the flag and yourself. A set of yellow stakes or lines indicates a water hazard. These stakes can also indicate what is considered a water hazard but doesn't always have water in it. If a ball is lost or out of bounds, the player must take stroke-and-distance relief by adding one penalty stroke and playing the original ball or another ball from where the previous stroke was made see Rule For two penalty strokes, the player may take relief by dropping the original ball or another ball in this relief area see Rule If a player hits a ball out of bounds or loses a ball, the general rules still require the player to return to the spot of the previous stroke and take a one-stroke penalty — a standard stroke-and-distance scenario.
Continued relief because the original ball is either: Out of bounds. All areas inside that edge are in bounds. First, the rule for a hand ball includes using any part of the body from the tips of the fingers to the shoulder. Begin typing your search term above and press enter to search. Press ESC to cancel. Skip to content Home Psychological disciplines What do different colored stakes mean in golf? A water hazard may be designated as a lateral water hazard when the hazard's shape or position on the course makes it difficult or impossible to drop the ball in accordance with the rules while maintaining a fair playing position.
For example, if a water hazard runs parallel to the line of play and the ground on the far side of the hazard has many trees or bushes and very few playable lies it may be designated as a lateral hazard. Under Rule , a player hitting into a water hazard has several relief options, all of which carry a one-stroke penalty.
He may play a new ball from the spot at which he hit into the hazard. He also may drop a ball behind the hazard, provided that the spot at which his ball last crossed the hazard remains directly between the dropping point and the hole. With respect to a lateral water hazard, the player may also drop within two club lengths of the spot where his shot last crossed the hazard's margin -- provided it's not nearer to the hole -- or within two club lengths of a point on the opposite side of the hazard that's no closer to the hole.
When it comes to colors on a golf course , the stakes are high. Crossing the line could cost you strokes. We're talking about the colored stakes and lines golfers encounter on golf courses: Red stakes and red lines; yellow stakes and yellow lines; white stakes and white lines are the most common colors used as indicators. But golfers might also encounter blue or green stakes; stakes that have two colors on them; or two differently colored stakes next to each other or even tied together.
White stakes or white lines are used to indicate out-of-bounds. A course can mark out-of-bounds in other ways, too; for example, a fence might mark the boundary along certain parts of a course.
When stakes or a fence indicate out-of-bounds, then out-of-bounds begins at the nearest inside point of the stakes at ground level excluding any kind of angled supports. When a line painted on the ground is used to indicate out-of-bounds, the line itself is out-of-bounds. Out-of-bounds brings the dreaded stroke-and-distance penalty: a golfer must apply a one-stroke penalty, return to the spot of the previous shot and hit it again.
Of course, that's time consuming. So when a golfer believes his ball may be OB, it's a good idea to hit a provisional ball. Rules governing out-of-bounds and provisional balls are covered in Rule White lines are also frequently used in bounds to designate ground under repair.
Yellow stakes and lines indicate a water hazard. Why are indicators needed for a water hazard? Shouldn't a water hazard be obvious? Most of the time, yes, but sometimes a part of the golf course—say, a seasonal creek, or a ditch—might be designated a water hazard even though there is rarely or never water in it.
Golfers can try to play out of a water hazard, and sometimes that's easy to do.
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