#11 at Muirfield Village

[sjduffers]

Twice in the last couple of days, the announcers are pointing to the option to drop on the other side of the red penalty area of the creek in front of the green. Is there a local rule for this particular hole that allows it? I thought the 2019 Rules of Golf had done away with this option for relief on a red penalty area. It was of course an option before that. So, are they full of it, or not?

[iacas]

7 minutes ago, sjduffers said:

Twice in the last couple of days, the announcers are pointing to the option to drop on the other side of the red penalty area of the creek in front of the green. Is there a local rule for this particular hole that allows it? I thought the 2019 Rules of Golf had done away with this option for relief on a red penalty area. It was of course an option before that. So, are they full of it, or not?

30 Days of 2019 Rules Changes: Day 8 – Elimination of Opposite Side Relief for Red Penalty Areas | Rules Geeks

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A lot of golfers didn’t know that they had five options when they hit the ball into a lateral water hazard. Essentially, they were: Re-hit (stroke and distance). Play it as it lies. Drop with…

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Note: A Committee is permitted to establish relief on the opposite margin of a hazard via a Local Rule in 2019, though we expect this to be rare.

[sjduffers]

Thanks @iacasfor confirming what I thought. But the question remains: is there a local rule that applies to this particular hole and penalty area, or are the tv announcers still thinking of the old rule? It could be either one at first brush, but would like to know for sure. Thanks!

[iacas]

3 minutes ago, sjduffers said:

Thanks @iacasfor confirming what I thought. But the question remains: is there a local rule that applies to this particular hole and penalty area, or are the tv announcers still thinking of the old rule? It could be either one at first brush, but would like to know for sure. Thanks!

I didn't listen to what they said, so, who knows? I'd figure the former is more likely.

[sjduffers]

What they said both times is that the player could have dropped on the opposite side of the penalty area, but never mentioned the local rule applying to that penalty area, and effectively left it to imply that it was per the general rule, which i kind of knew (and you confirmed) was not the case this year and beyond, thus spreading more confusion to the golfing public not on top of the rules...