WHAT IF MY DISC LANDS IN WATER?!?!
There will likely be places of standing water on the course. With the exception of Hole 6 which has a painted line, all standing water is casual, meaning you do n ...
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WHAT IF MY DISC LANDS IN WATER?!?!
There will likely be places of standing water on the course. With the exception of Hole 6 which has a painted line, all standing water is casual, meaning you do not take a penalty stroke if you go into it.
You have a few options:
1. You always have the option of ‘abandoning’ that throw and rethrow from where you were. In this picture if you went into the water, you would go back to the tee box and rethrow. However, the first throw counts, you receive a penalty stroke, so now you are throwing from the tee for three. (Rule for that is here:
https://www.pdga.com/rules/official-rules-disc-golf/80901)
2. You can walk into the water and throw it where it lies, just like JohnE McCray did at The Memorial a few years ago. Some may actually choose to do this if the water is close to the basket.
3. You can take casual relief if the disc is in water. To do so, you must mark your new lie (mini marker) on the line of play (black line) that goes through your actual lie (where the disc is resting). This line of play must be in a straight line from the basket, through your disc, to the nearest point that provides relief (dry land). Rule is here (
https://www.pdga.com/rules/official-rules-disc-golf/80302)
803.02 Relief from Obstacles
A) A player may obtain relief from the following obstacles that are on or behind the lie: motor vehicles, harmful insects or animals, people, or any item or area as designated by the Director. To obtain relief, the player may mark a new lie that is on the line of play, farther from the target, at the nearest point that provides relief.
B) If a large solid obstacle prevents the player from taking a legal stance behind the marker disc, or from marking a disc above or below the playing surface, the player may mark a new lie immediately behind that obstacle on the line of play.
C) A player who takes relief other than as allowed above receives one penalty throw.
D) A player may elect at any time to take optional relief by declaring their intention to the group. The lie may then be relocated by marking a new lie which is farther from the target, and is on the line of play. One penalty throw is added to the player's score.
E) No penalty throw is added if optional relief is being taken following a penalty taken for a disc out-of-bounds or above two meters.
