Golf: Loose Impediments
October 17, 2008 by admin · Leave a Comment
photo credit: danperry.com During the 2008 Verizon Heritage golf tournament Mark Hensby's ball landed on a piece of lettuce which had fallen from a women's sandwich. It had apparently fallen out when she tried to avoid being hit by Hensby's golf ball. The ball was resting right on top of the lettuce so there was no way to move the ball.
Leaves, even lettuce, are considered to be loose impediments so Hensby was denied relief. If there were condiments on the lettuce (pickles, ketchup, mustard etc.) Hensby would have been given relief from the obstruction.
Hensby went on to hit the shot to about eight feet of the pin and saved par. Afterward Hensby stated that he played the shot like a bunker shot.
