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From: Denis Cary on 18 Mar 2010 11:31 A plastic bag or sheet was wrapped round a tree around the time of implant. Since then the tree has grown splitting thje plasatic but leaving it surounding the tree. A ball has lodged betewwn the top of the plastic and the tree sometwo to three feet of the ground. Is the player entitled to any releif from the situation Denis
From: M L Wadsworth on 19 Mar 2010 03:47 "Denis Cary" <dc(a)densnet.co.uk> wrote in message news:hntgtk$kge$1(a)speranza.aioe.org... >A plastic bag or sheet was wrapped round a tree around the time of implant. >Since then the tree has grown splitting thje plasatic but leaving it >surounding the tree. > > A ball has lodged betewwn the top of the plastic and the tree sometwo to > three feet of the ground. > > Is the player entitled to any releif from the situation > > Denis > Hi Denis, The player is entitled to relief without penalty. If the tree is a young tree and the Local Rules say that relief must be taken from young trees identified as such by being wrapped in plastic, then relief must be taken in accordance with Rule 24-2. Otherwise the plastic is an obstruction. It rather depends how the plastic is attached to the tree as to whether it is classed as a movable or immovable obstruction. If it is still tied to the tree as opposed to being loosely wrapped around it, then it is probably an immovable obstruction and relief may be taken under Rule 24-2 (the nearest point of relief must be determined which is not nearer the hole and the ball lifted and dropped within one club-length of that point). If the plastic can be easily be removed then it is probably a movable obstruction and the player may proceed under Rule 24-1 which would mean lifting the ball, removing the plastic and then dropping the ball on the spot immediately below where it had lain in/on the plastic. (The ball may be cleaned when lifted.) HTH Malcolm
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