Rules of Play

8. Relief from Abnormal Course Conditions

 With playing partners’ approval, a player may take free relief from abnormal course conditions, such as ground under repair, temporary water, embedded ball, animal holes, aeration plugs, or other course maintenance debris. Relief

Before taking relief the player must receive agreement from at least one playing partner that the player’s ball is in an abnormal course condition or it interferes with the player’s area of intended stance or swing.

After agreement, you have to find the nearest point of complete relief, which is a spot on the course nearest to where your ball lies, but no nearer the hole, where you could play your next stroke with no interference from the condition you’re taking relief from. Then drop a ball within one club-length of that point no nearer the hole.