Unplayable Ball in a Bunker

 

When a ball is unplayable in a bunker you still have all three of the same relief options as are available in the general area for one penalty stroke:

  1. Stroke-and-distance relief
  2. Back-on-the-line relief
  3. Lateral relief

BUT – if you chose back-on-the-line or lateral relief, the relief area must be inside the same bunker.

As an additional option to get out of the bunker, you can use back-on-the-line relief and drop behind the bunker. But to use this option you get two penalty strokes.

 

 

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