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The EWGA exists to provide opportunities for women to learn, play and enjoy the game of golf for business and for life. See below for Des Moines chapter education events to help you improve your game and check out the golf tip of the week. Visit the EWGA National Web site for more information on golf education.
Golf Tip
Obstructions
An obstruction is anything artificial, movable or immovable, such as artificially surfaced roads or paths- except object defining out of bounds and objects declared an integral part of the course. If the obstruction is movable, you may move it without a penalty. If the obstruction is immovable and is interfering with your stance or area of intended swing, you may drop without penalty. Drop the ball within one club-length from the nearest point of relief provided it is not nearer the hole, nor in a hazard.
Unplayable – You may consider your ball unplayable. If you have an unplayable lie, take one stroke penalty and drop your ball. You have three drop options. With the latter two options, if the ball is in a bunker, you must drop in the bunker.
1. Drop as near as possible to where the original ball was played.
2. Drop the ball any distance behind the point where the ball originally lay but on the extension of the line between that point and the hole.
3. Drop within two club-lengths of the lie of the unplayable ball, but not nearer the hole.
Abnormal ground conditions – Abnormal ground conditions include a variety of situations such as casual water (a puddle – not a water hazard), ground under repair, holes or runways caused by burrowing animals, etc. If your ball ends up in such a location, you may take a drop with no penalty. Drop within one club-length from the nearest point of relief, but no nearer the hole. If the ball lies in a bunker, the ball must be dropped in, and played from, the bunker. Or you may drop outside the bunker under one penalty stroke.
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To learn more about golf rules, etiquette or how EWGA Des Moines can help you improve your game, contact Carolyn Marsh, chapter education chair.
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