A player takes back-on-the-line relief for a ball in a bush in the general area, incurring a one stroke penalty for an unplayable ball. She drops a ball about two feet from the line, and the ball comes to rest on the line. Has she proceeded correctly?No. Rule 19.2 allows a player to take back-on-the-line relief when the ball is unplayable. When taking back-on-the-line relief the player must drop the ball on the line to create the relief area. Since the ball was not dropped on the line, no relief area was created. The ball was not put back into play correctly. To keep from incurring a second penalty, the player must correct the drop by dropping a ball on the line. If the ball is played from the new spot she gets the general penalty for playing from a wrong place (Rule 14.7a). |
