Rules question · Rule 2.2c · Hard
Ball touching a bunker and a penalty area: where is it?
A red penalty area runs alongside a greenside bunker. Your ball touches the sand of the bunker and the red line at the same time. Where is it?
Answer
In the penalty area
A ball always lies in only one area of the course. If part of it is in the general area and part in another area, it is treated as lying in that other area. If it is in two specific areas, this order applies: penalty area first, then bunker, then putting green.
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