Dropping within 2 club-lengths

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Question arose at the weekend - I had an unplayable lie at the base of a bush at the back of a green and needed to drop out at a penalty of one stroke. It was a short chip in and would only have ever used a sand wedge to get back on the green. My understanding of the 2 club-length rule was that it was two club-lengths of the club you intend to use for the shot. My playing partners were adamant that I could use any club in the bag to measure it i.e. just use the longest one to get maximum relief.

Erring on the side of caution I used my wedge as a guideline, but does anyone have a definitive ruling on this? May need to start carrying a club with a telescopic shaft...

k.p.h

2 club lengths is 2 club lengths so you might as well pull the longest club you have in the bag. 48 inches is the max club length allowed.

Bandana boy

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Bandana boy

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stockdam

2 club lengths with any club in your bag (min length = 18 inches, max length = 48 inches). Hence you would normally use your longest club when obtaining relief of one or two club-lengths.

I'd advise you to download the rules and read them as it will help you in future.

GreeBo

Laylah Abundant Rapper wrote: »

Question arose at the weekend - I had an unplayable lie at the base of a bush at the back of a green and needed to drop out at a penalty of one stroke. It was a short chip in and would only have ever used a sand wedge to get back on the green. My understanding of the 2 club-length rule was that it was two club-lengths of the club you intend to use for the shot. My playing partners were adamant that I could use any club in the bag to measure it i.e. just use the longest one to get maximum relief.

Erring on the side of caution I used my wedge as a guideline, but does anyone have a definitive ruling on this? May need to start carrying a club with a telescopic shaft...

You need to use the club you intend to use when you are determining interference from obstructions (sign, path etc)
i.e you cant show how you can hit the obstruction with a driver when you are only going to hit a wedge in reality.
Note that you can change what club you are going to use after you have dropped/taken relief.

getcover

Thought I might as well ask it here rather than open another thread.
I was playing on Saturday and a drive hit a tree, with the ball coming to a stop on the road alongsoide the fairway.
Couple of questions:
Is the ball considered out of bounds?
I could not have played the shot off the tarmac, so I moved it to the grass at the nearest point from where it was and we decided it was a one shot penalty.

What is the correct thing to do here?

D3PO

getcover wrote: »

Thought I might as well ask it here rather than open another thread.
I was playing on Saturday and a drive hit a tree, with the ball coming to a stop on the road alongsoide the fairway.
Couple of questions:
Is the ball considered out of bounds?
I could not have played the shot off the tarmac, so I moved it to the grass at the nearest point from where it was and we decided it was a one shot penalty.

What is the correct thing to do here?

It is out of bounds if its beyond white stakes marking it out of bounds or if determined out of bounds under local rules on the golf card.
if your ball was in bounds and you deemed it unplayable

if you deemed your ball is unplayable and it was in bounds, you may under penalty of one stroke:

• play a ball from where the last shot was played, or
• drop a ball any distance behind the point where the ball lay
keeping a straight line between the hole, the point where the ball
lay and the spot on which the ball is dropped, or
• drop a ball within two club-lengths of where the ball lies not

nearer the hole.

ssbob

getcover wrote: »

, with the ball coming to a stop on the road alongsoide the fairway.

Surely a free drop here if not out of bounds? Like pathways on the course?

Imhof Tank

ssbob wrote: »

Surely a free drop here if not out of bounds? Like pathways on the course?

Yes - unless the road is designated as an integral part of the course by local rule (? like 17th St Andrews??)

Kace

GreeBo wrote: »

You need to use the club you intend to use when you are determining interference from obstructions (sign, path etc)
i.e you cant show how you can hit the obstruction with a driver when you are only going to hit a wedge in reality.
Note that you can change what club you are going to use after you have dropped/taken relief.

Yes - had to pull someone up on that recently. They were about 120 yards from the green near a staked tree and then started to take out the driver and swing to see if they could hit / touch the branches of the staked tree and therefore take relief under a local rule.