If you hit a water hazard that has frozen over and your ball bounces off the ice to playable ground do drop a shot??
2007-11-24 04:13:33 · 19 answers · asked by I hate little green pigs 3 in Sports ➔ Golf
Of course not. Haven't you seen a player skp the ball across a pond and end up on dry land. Same thing with ice.
2007-11-24 04:58:20 · answer #1 · answered by toughnottobeacynic 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No. The critical thing about hazards is if your ball "comes to rest within the boundaries of the hazard". If you ball bounces off the ice and back into play - no penalty. Lucky? Yes! Penatly NO. But then if you are playing when it is cold enough for the pond to freeze you deserve a lucky break.
2007-11-26 07:31:38 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No you dont drop a shot, thats like saying if a ball 'skips' across water and back onto playable ground.... Take the luck and keep going... you can actually play the ball out of the water if it comes to rest in it, without taking a penalty
2007-11-25 17:13:38 · answer #3 · answered by Damo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only thing that matters is where your ball ends up. "Play it as it lies" -- not where it visited.
If you hit in a water (ice) hazard and it ends up on grass so you can play it, just thank the golf gods and play your next shot with no penalty or drop.
I've seen people skip their ball over the water and end up in the fairway. I've seen people hit a rock in the hazard and end up in the fairway.
In all cases, you're just the beneficiary of some good luck.
The same thing also applies to out of bounds. If you hit your shot OB, and it hits something and bounces back onto the course, you're in bounds and you can play it.
2007-11-24 04:24:01 · answer #4 · answered by John F 6 · 7⤊ 0⤋
If the ball finishes in water you could choose to play it with where it lies, in the water that is, with no penalty/. Alternatively you can declare it is lost in the water or you can declare it unplayable in the water, in which case the declaration incurs you a dropped shot.
In your example the ball did not finish in the water so you have not declared it lost or unplayable in the water so you play the ball where it finishes with no penalty. This is just the same as if the ball hits the water and skims off (which I have seen happen), it's just your lucky day, rub of the green.
2007-11-24 10:49:01 · answer #5 · answered by Captain Sarcasm 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No you shouldnt drop a shot, it would only drop a shot if it landed in the water and you couldnt play it, if it bounces off ice you should get away with it.
2007-11-24 04:27:07 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
That would be no different than if the ball hit a rock and bounced out of a dry creek where you couldn't get to it. Play it from where it lies regardless of how it got there.
2007-11-24 04:47:57 · answer #7 · answered by GBeck 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My dad hit the back of a turtle on a par 3 over the water and it landed on the green. He two putted for his par. You play the ball where is lies. does not matter how it got there.
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2016-12-10 04:46:19 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just play the ball as it lies.
If the ball had landed on the ice, you would also play it from where it lies unless the ice dosn't support your weight.
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2007-11-25 00:29:33 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋