Plugged in the Lip of Bunker

[Ignorant]

Originally Posted by Dragonsrock

Question...if the ball is embedded in the lip such that it is outside the bunker (ie a bunker extends vertically downward so if the whole ball is outside of the bunker), would you then be able to drop outside the bunker.  I have never doen this but have seen it, my playing partner hit his shot thin and it embedded in the soil immediately below the turf that formed the lip of the bunker, standing above the ball it was clear that it was NOT in the bunker (assuming that the bunker limits were vertically downward from the defined edge), so we allowed him relief no closer to the hole, is this right or wrong?

Thanks,

Dave

Check post #12 for an answer. Basically, if a ball never exits the bunker it is still in the bunker. So answer to Your question is 'wrong'.