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**PhilipBartew** · 07-15-2009, 06:51 AM

No interpretation necessary. Rule 25-3:

25-3. Wrong Putting Green

a. Interference

Interference by a wrong putting green occurs when a ball is on the wrong putting green.

Interference to a player's stance or the area of his intended swing is not, of itself, interference under this Rule.

b. Relief

If a player's ball lies on a wrong putting green, he must not play the ball as it lies. He must take relief, without penalty, as follows:

The player must lift the ball and drop it within one club-length of and not nearer the hole than the nearest point of relief. The nearest point of relief must not be in a hazard or on a putting green. When dropping the ball within one club-length of the nearest point of relief, the ball must first strike a part of the course at a spot that avoids interference by the wrong putting green and is not in a hazard and not on a putting green. The ball may be cleaned when lifted under this Rule.

Penalty for Breach of Rule:
Match play - Loss of hole; Stroke play - Two strokes. Note how many times the word "must" is used. That means that the player has no choice but to take relief as indicated. Some courses may even invoke a local rule that disallows dropping on the apron of the green as well.

In the above example, if the bunker is located such that there is no legal place to drop between it and the green, then it may be necessary to go beyond the bunker to establish the nearest point of relief. You don't start measuring your one clublength until you locate that NPR. In 99.9% of all cases there is one and only one NPR. It is entirely possible that the player may end up standing in the bunker to play the ball which is outside of the bunker. The player does not get to choose the best point of relief, only the nearest one.

07-15-2009, 06:51 AM	#6
PhilipBartew Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 526 Senior Member	No interpretation necessary. Rule 25-3: 25-3. Wrong Putting Green a. Interference Interference by a wrong putting green occurs when a ball is on the wrong putting green. Interference to a player's stance or the area of his intended swing is not, of itself, interference under this Rule. b. Relief If a player's ball lies on a wrong putting green, he must not play the ball as it lies. He must take relief, without penalty, as follows: The player must lift the ball and drop it within one club-length of and not nearer the hole than the nearest point of relief. The nearest point of relief must not be in a hazard or on a putting green. When dropping the ball within one club-length of the nearest point of relief, the ball must first strike a part of the course at a spot that avoids interference by the wrong putting green and is not in a hazard and not on a putting green. The ball may be cleaned when lifted under this Rule. Penalty for Breach of Rule: Match play - Loss of hole; Stroke play - Two strokes. Note how many times the word "must" is used. That means that the player has no choice but to take relief as indicated. Some courses may even invoke a local rule that disallows dropping on the apron of the green as well. In the above example, if the bunker is located such that there is no legal place to drop between it and the green, then it may be necessary to go beyond the bunker to establish the nearest point of relief. You don't start measuring your one clublength until you locate that NPR. In 99.9% of all cases there is one and only one NPR. It is entirely possible that the player may end up standing in the bunker to play the ball which is outside of the bunker. The player does not get to choose the best point of relief, only the nearest one.
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