RULE 24-2 In Action
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QUESTION 31: During a round, a player's ball comes
to rest near a storm shelter on the course. The
shelter interferes with his stance and is clearly
an immovable obstruction.
What are his options?
ANSWER 31: Rule 24-2 stipulates that the player
may take relief from an immovable obstruction
by lifting and dropping the ball, without penalty,
within one club-length of and not nearer the hole
than the nearest point of relief. The nearest point
of relief must not be in a hazard or on a putting
green. When the ball is dropped, it must first
strike a part of the course at a spot that avoids
interference by the immovable obstruction and is
not in a hazard and not on a putting green.

