Wie mag de bal droppen?

Het droppen van een golfbal vanaf 2019 moet vanaf kniehoogte en door de speler zelf uitgevoerd worden. Het droppen moet in een specifieke dropzone en bij het loslaten van de golfbal mag er geen effect aan de golfbal worden gegeven om de uiteindelijke ligging van de golfbal te beïnvloeden.

What is a drop zone in golf?

What are they: A drop zone is an area designated by the Committee in which a player may or must drop a ball when the Committee in charge of the course “considers that it is not feasible or practicable” for a player to proceed under a Rule.

How far behind the hole can you drop a golf ball?

The second option available under these rules is to drop a ball behind the hazard or the unplayable ball reference point, keeping the reference point directly in line with the hole and the spot on which the ball is dropped. There is no limit to how far behind the reference point the ball may be dropped.

What is the new ball drop procedure in golf?

The new procedure lowers the height from which the ball is dropped to increase the chance that it stays within the relief area. The player has no guarantee that the ball will come to rest on a desired spot or in a good lie. This is especially the case when a ball is dropped in more difficult conditions such as thick rough or longer grass.

When do you have to drop the ball on a putting green?

When taking free relief under the Rules from an immovable obstruction (Rule 24-2), an abnormal ground condition (Rule 25-1) or a wrong putting green (Rule 25-3), the ball must be dropped within one club-length of the “nearest point of relief”.

What are they: A drop zone is an area designated by the Committee in which a player may or must drop a ball when the Committee in charge of the course “considers that it is not feasible or practicable” for a player to proceed under a Rule.

The second option available under these rules is to drop a ball behind the hazard or the unplayable ball reference point, keeping the reference point directly in line with the hole and the spot on which the ball is dropped. There is no limit to how far behind the reference point the ball may be dropped.

The new procedure lowers the height from which the ball is dropped to increase the chance that it stays within the relief area. The player has no guarantee that the ball will come to rest on a desired spot or in a good lie. This is especially the case when a ball is dropped in more difficult conditions such as thick rough or longer grass.

When taking free relief under the Rules from an immovable obstruction (Rule 24-2), an abnormal ground condition (Rule 25-1) or a wrong putting green (Rule 25-3), the ball must be dropped within one club-length of the “nearest point of relief”.

Heeft u de bal in een waterhindernis geslagen en kunt u hem van daar uit niet spelen, dan moet u een bal droppen volgens de mogelijkheden beschreven in regel 26. Als u een bal wilt spelen vanaf de plaats waar de oorspronkelijke bal het laatst werd gespeeld, moet u de bal daar droppen.