Is my golf ball out of bounds?
Golf Nut, a friend and I are having a disagreement over whether a certain shot should be out of bounds. If a player slices his golf ball over an out of bounds area of the golf course and during the flight the ball curves back into the fairway, is the ball still in play or is it OB due to crossing the OB line? Also if a player hits his ball OB and it hits a tree and comes back into play, is that ball OB or still in play? Thanks for your help
Well according to Decision 27/20 under the rules of golf, both shots are in play and should not be considered out of bounds. This decision involved a shot flying over an out of bounds area and then landing in bounds. Very much like what you described. And the decision was that the ball was in play
I think that you also have to look to another part of the rules for clarification. Part of the answer comes from the definition of “out of bounds” according to the rules of golf. The definition of out of bounds is: A ball is out of bounds when all of it lies out of bounds. So from these two both of your situation results in the golf ball being in play.
Now, one thing that you need to check in these types of situations is the local rules. If the out of bounds area actually divided the course in a certain place and the ball landed on the other side in bounds (this was the case in the rules decision), a local rule could deem the ball out of bounds. This would override the rules of golf in this situation if there was a local rule.
Hope that this helps and good golfing to you!
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Comment by null on 26 July 2007:
all that matters is where the ball comes to rest. plain and simple.
Comment by Bob on 4 August 2007:
Our local rule states that the parking lot as defined by the asphalt is out of bounds. In the club championship today a players ball came to rest approximately 14″ on the grass “thru the green” from the edge of the parking lot. However the player was looking for relief since his swing was impeded by the fenders of cars both front of him and back of him. Any help? A competitor suggested that his ball was OB since the cars are an extension of the parking lot?
Comment by Glenn on 26 May 2008:
Can you tell me what happens when a tee shot goes over the out of bounds area, lands in play, hits a rock in play then comes to rest out of bounds? Is the next shot played from:
(a) the tee
(b) the point where it first crossed the out of bounds area
(c) the point where it went out of play after hitting the rock.
See diagram at http://yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au/~crewcut/dogleg.gif
Comment by Len on 8 June 2009:
A friend and I can’t agree. A ball is hit out of bounds and is immediately thrown back into play by a passing walker. Is the ball in play or is the ball deemed OB, as it actually landed in the OB area?