141 • The diagram assumes a right-handed player. • When there is interference from an abnormal course condition in a bunker, free relief may be taken in the bunker under Rule 16.1b or back-on-the-line relief may be taken outside the bunker for one penalty stroke. • Relief outside the bunker is taken by dropping a ball on a spot that keeps the spot of the original ball between the hole and that spot. • The relief area is one club-length in any direction from the spot where the ball first touches the ground when dropped. Spot of original ball Abnormal course condition Spot dropped ball first touches line Relief area Relief area DIAGRAM 16.1c: RELIEF FROM ABNORMAL COURSE CONDITION IN BUNKER (2) Penalty Relief: Playing from Outside Bunker (Back-on-the-Line Relief). For one penalty stroke, the player may drop the original ball or another ball (see Rule 14.3) outside that bunker, keeping the spot of the original ball between the hole and the spot where the ball is dropped (with no limit on how far back the ball may be dropped). The spot on the line where the ball first touches the ground when dropped creates a relief area that is one club-length in any direction from that point, but with these limits: • Limits on Location of Relief Area: » Must not be nearer the hole than the spot of the original ball, and » May be in any area of the course except the same bunker, but » Must be in the same area of the course that the ball first touched when dropped. Rule 16
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