BunkerA 'bunker' is a hazard consisting of a prepared area of ground, often a hollow, from which turf or soil has been removed and replaced with sand or the like.Grass-covered ground bordering or within a bunker, including a stacked turf face (whether grass-covered or earthen), is not part of the bunker. A wall or lip of the bunker not covered with grass is part of the bunker. The margin of a bunker extends vertically downwards, but not upwards.A ball is in a bunker when it lies in or any part of it touches the bunker.13/4 Ball Completely Embedded in Lip of BunkerQ. A player's ball is completely embedded in the vertical lip of a bunker. The lip is not grass-covered, so it is part of the bunker. Is the ball considered to be lying through the green? If so, the player would be entitled to drop the ball behind the bunker if he deems it unplayable.A.
An embedded ball is considered to be lying in the part of the course where it entered the ground.Ball Embedded in Grass Bank or Face of Bunker — See 25-2/5. In the Australian Open the Tournament Committee had discussed the edges in the bunkers before the tournament and had agreed to Rule that balls embedded in these edges would be considered embedded 'though the green'.(The Local Rule from Appendix I, B, 4a is on the Tour Hard Card.)This decision can be discussed, but this was the Committee decision.
According to the TD I talked to about this, the edges were much more 'grassy' than they looked on TV.If there's any doubt, any not-grass covered area inside a bunker is part of the bunker - sand or no sand. If there is no preferred lie rule in place and your ball plugs in the fairway then play it as it lies and curse the match committee.If your ball plugs in the fairway, Rule 25-2 applies.A ball embedded in its own pitch-mark in the ground in any closely mown area may be lifted, cleaned and dropped, without penalty, as near as possible to the spot where it lay but not nearer the. The ball when dropped must first strike a part of the. “Closely mown area” means any area of the, including paths through the rough, cut to fairway height or less.
First, there is no relief if a ball is plugged in the sand in the bunker, often referred to as a ‘fried egg’ situation. The only options are to splash out or deem the ball unplayable, dropping it, with a penalty of one stroke, in the bunker under either of the Rule 28b or 28c options, or at the place from which the previous stroke was made (Rule 28a). Luckily for you, we have everything you need to know about the new Rules of Golf right here. The number of rules has considerably shrunk In order to streamline and simplify the sport's regulations.