Plugged Balls

BiffoGooner

Maybe this is obvious to some, but I'm relatively new to the game.When you hit a drive and the fairway is fairly soft, the ball sometimes plugs deep into the ground.Now obviously you can't hit it like that, so what's the actual ruling on moving it?Do you place it forward/behind/beside where it landed?

ozymandias10

not nearer the hole with no penalty

ratzy

Check with the pro there is probably placing.Seen as the weather is so bad.

Nemesis

25-2 Embedded ball
A ball embedded in its own pitch-mark in the ground in any closely-mown area through the green may be lifted, cleaned and dropped, without penalty, as near as possible to the spot where it lay but not nearer the hole. The ball when dropped must first strike a part of the course through the green. "Closely-mown area" means any area of the course, including paths through the rough, cut to fairway height or less.

BiffoGooner

Nemesis wrote: »

25-2 Embedded ball
A ball embedded in its own pitch-mark in the ground in any closely-mown area through the green may be lifted, cleaned and dropped, without penalty, as near as possible to the spot where it lay but not nearer the hole. The ball when dropped must first strike a part of the course through the green. "Closely-mown area" means any area of the course, including paths through the rough, cut to fairway height or less.

Well that's fairly clearcut, cheers!

Tony_Montana

So does that mean the rough if it is closely mown or what?

Swinging Looney

Tony_Montana wrote: »

So does that mean the rough if it is closely mown or what?

I would imagine if the rough was cut to "fairway height or less" then it would probably be fairway rather than rough. Just my sixpence worth..... :rolleyes: