27 Rule 2 2.2c Determining Area of Course Where Ball Lies The area of the course where a player’s ball lies affects the Rules that apply in playing the ball or taking relief. A ball is always treated as lying in only one area of the course: • If part of the ball is in both the general area and one of the four specific areas of the course, it is treated as lying in that specific area of the course. • If part of the ball is in two specific areas of the course, it is treated as lying in the specific area that comes first in this order: penalty area, bunker, putting green. 2.3 Objects or Conditions That Can Interfere with Play Certain Rules may give free relief (relief with no penalty) from interference by certain defined objects or conditions, such as: • Loose impediments (Rule 15.1), • Movable obstructions (Rule 15.2), and • Abnormal course conditions, which are animal holes, ground under repair, immovable obstructions and temporary water (Rule 16.1). But there is no free relief from boundary objects or integral objects that interfere with play. 2.4 No Play Zones A no play zone is a defined part of an abnormal course condition (see Rule 16.1f ) or a penalty area (see Rule 17.1e) where play is not allowed. A player must take relief when: • Their ball is in a no play zone, or • A no play zone interferes with their area of intended stance or area of intended swing in playing a ball outside the no play zone (see Rules 16.1f and 17.1e). See Committee Procedures, Section 5I(2) (a Code of Conduct may tell players to stay out of a no play zone entirely).
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