Sinking the ball in water

[Tenn-Driver]

Scenario...

Par 4 or 5 hole. You Tee off and ball lands on the fairway, but its lined with water paralleled on one side or both sides. You hit the ball and it goes into the drink.

Question...

1, Do you declare lost ball take your 2 stroke penalty and hit the ball from the same spot ?
2, Do you drop the ball on the fairway parallel to where it went in the water ?
3, Do you drop the ball 1 or 2 club lengths from the waters edge parallel to where you sank the first ball ?

[Fourputt]

Originally Posted by Tenn-Driver

Scenario...

Par 4 or 5 hole. You Tee off and ball lands on the fairway, but its lined with water paralleled on one side or both sides. You hit the ball and it goes into the drink.

Question...

1, Do you declare lost ball take your 2 stroke penalty and hit the ball from the same spot ?+


2, Do you drop the ball on the fairway parallel to where it went in the water ?


3, Do you drop the ball 1 or 2 club lengths from the waters edge parallel to where you sank the first ball ?

1, Do you declare lost ball take your 2 stroke penalty and hit the ball from the same spot ?+

1 stroke penalty, not 2

2, Do you drop the ball on the fairway parallel to where it went in the water ?

Parallel to what?????? Never saw that word in the Rules of Golf.

3, Do you drop the ball 1 or 2 club lengths from the waters edge parallel to where you sank the first ball ?

This is one of the 3 possible options under Rule 26

[Bravo]

One subtle but important distinction....you drop your ball 1-2 clublengths from 'where the ball crossed the hazard line' not where your ball sunk.

Your ball could cross the hazard line and then continue forward 100 yards before sinking. You do not go up to where your ball 'sunk' to make your drop....you drop from where you ball crossed from land to water in its flight path and drop from there...

[Hitman]

Correct me if I am wrong but you only take a stroke penalty if you knock it out of bounds. Sinking a ball into a water hazard on the course isn't considered out of bounds. Instead you just take a drop like Bravo said.

[Fourputt]

Originally Posted by Hitman

Correct me if I am wrong but you only take a stroke penalty if you knock it out of bounds. Sinking a ball into a water hazard on the course isn't considered out of bounds. Instead you just take a drop like Bravo said.

It still costs you a penalty stroke. The stroke is charged for the privilege of taking it out of the water. The only way you don't get a penalty for hitting into a water hazard is if you can play the ball as it lies in the hazard.

For out of bounds, you don't just drop a ball, you rehit again from the same place, with a penalty stroke added (i.e. your hit your tee shot OB, now you are hitting again from the tee, only now it going to be your 3rd stroke).