What happens if your golf ball is in a spot that you’re not comfortable hitting from – can you take an unplayable? Yes! This video covers taking penalty relief for an unplayable ball in the general area.
You, the player, are the only one who needs to feel your ball is unplayable – you don’t need to listen to any other player telling you that it’s “hittable” and suggesting how to do that. (That could actually earn them a penalty for offering advice!)
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I don’t know about you but my shots don’t always go where I intend them to and I’m not always in the Fairway for those times when you find your ball in a situation like this and you don’t care to play it as it lies you have some options anywhere on the course except in a penalty area you can determine that your ball is unplayable no one else has to agree with you in this video we’ll cover your relief options for an unplayable ball in the general area and stick around till the end and all explained whether or not you actually need to measure with your driver so when you don’t wish to play a ball as it lies you have three options and each one will cost you a one stroke penalty stroke and distance back on the line and lateral relief for stroke and distance relief you’ll drop a ball within one Club length of where your previous stroke was made and if your last stroke was made made from within the teeing area you can Tee It Up if you’d wish for back on the line relief your reference point for an unplayable ball is going to be the ball itself you’ll look at the hole and where the ball is sitting and you can back up as far as you want to any area of the course keeping a line between the ball and the hole you’ll just take a drop from knee height on that line and the ball can roll up to one Club length from where it touch the ground on your drop pop in any direction for lateral relief your relief area is going to be within two Club lengths of where the ball is sitting not near the hole and again you’ll take a drop from knee height now if your ball is in a bush it’s not to Club length from the outside of the Bush it’s two Club lengths from where the ball is currently sitting so take a careful look at your options before you pick up your ball and determine which of those three options you like best Pro tip here when using the stroke and distance relief option your original ball does not need to be found but for back on the line or lateral relief you must know the spot of your original ball and remember that the rules don’t require you to get out your driver to measure your two Club lengths nor are you required to put te’s in the ground to mark your relief area but both are really good ideas when a trophy’s on the line the more you do it the faster you’ll become so try practicing these relief options when you have some time on the course so remember that if you do find your ball to be unplayable you have several options and if you learn these you’ll definitely make your round much more enjoyable and probably shave some Strokes off of it
