OB question

[asal70]

Played a hole and sliced my ball over a road. Ball landed on the other side, in play, in an opposite fairway, however there are white for that opposite fairway making OB for their hole. I took my shot from that fairway crossing the road again. Partner & I disagreed with if that 2nd shot was legal. Can some shed light on this please?

[Rulesman]

27/20  

Public Road Defined as Out of Bounds Divides Course; Status of Ball Crossing Road

Q.A public road defined as out of bounds divides a course. A ball crosses the road and comes to rest on the part of the course on the other side of the road. Is the ball out of bounds?

A.No. Since the ball lies on the course, it is in bounds unless a Local Rule provides otherwise. However, because it is unfair that a ball on the road is out of bounds and a ball beyond it is in bounds, it is suggested that the following Local Rule should be adopted:

"A ball which crosses a public road defined as out of bounds and comes to rest beyond that road is out of bounds, even though it may lie on another part of the course."

[iacas]

The answer there is right, but I just want to be clear about one thing @asal70… this isn't what's commonly called "Internal OB" is it? Where OB stakes are put up to stop players from cutting the corner of a hole and/or to protect players on a neighboring hole?

[asal70]

1 hour ago, iacas said:

 Where OB stakes are put up to stop players from cutting the corner of a hole and/or to protect players on a neighboring hole?

The hole is a hard dogleg left, so no shortcut.

 

6 hours ago, Rulesman said:

Local Rule should be adopted:

"A ball which crosses a public road defined as out of bounds and comes to rest beyond that road is out of bounds, even though it may lie on another part of the course."

This seems pretty clear, otherwise there is no printed local rule. Sounds like we're both right (or wrong). Now thats a matter of perspective i guess. The OB stakes are on the right side of the adjacent hole, not the hole we were on.

Thanks for the responses.

[p1n9183]

So no OB stakes in your side of the course near the road? In other words.. if you hit the ball an rest in the road it´s not OB ? In that case the OB stakes of the other fairway are Internal OB and do not afect your hole, so it was OK to play the ball from the other fairway.

I guess you have to check your local rules to clear it out.

[Rulesman]

54 minutes ago, p1n9183 said:

So no OB stakes in your side of the course near the road? In other words.. if you hit the ball an rest in the road it´s not OB ? In that case the OB stakes of the other fairway are Internal OB and do not afect your hole, so it was OK to play the ball from the other fairway.

I guess you have to check your local rules to clear it out.

They only apply to one hole if the local rule says so.