The Cartpath
August 8, 2010 by Admin
photo credit: nimish_gogri What do you do when your ball lies on, or immediately adjacent to, a cartpath? If your swing or stance is interfered with, you do not have to play the shot. The USGA. rules permit a drop.
USGA. rule 24-2, (immovable obstruction) states that you can drop within one club-length of the nearest point of relief which allows you to stand and swing freely without interference from the cart-path. The nearest point and drop-zone, however, cannot be closer to the hole. A player is entitled to relief, without penalty, from any path to which a foriegn material such as tar, gravel, dirt, etc. has been applied. A player cannot get relief from a dirt path created by vehicle traffic unless it had been defined as ground under repair.+
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