Dropping For Relief from GUR on a Cart Path

[Hoosier 1]

You are taking relief from GUR and you determine your nearest point of relief is the cart path and then determine that after you drop you need relief from the cart path.  Is this legal or do you have to take relief to nearest place that is not the cart path?

[Fourputt]

40 minutes ago, Hoosier 1 said:

You are taking relief from GUR and you determine your nearest point of relief is the cart path and then determine that after you drop you need relief from the cart path.  Is this legal or do you have to take relief to nearest place that is not the cart path?

To follow the procedure you would first need to drop on the cart path.  If there is interference from the obstruction where the ball came to rest, you would then follow the procedure for taking relief from that.  

[Rulesman]

But if then

the nearest point of relief is in such a position that there would be interference by the GUR, as an additional option, the player may, in equity (Rule 1-4) obtain relief without penalty as follows: Using the new position of the ball on the cart path, the nearest point of relief from both the cart path and the GUR shall be determined which is not in a hazard or on a putting green. The player shall lift the ball and drop it within one club-length of and not nearer the hole than the nearest point of relief, on a part of the course which avoids interference by the cart path and the casual water and is not in a hazard or on a putting green.

Decision 1-4/8

[saevel25]

Yes, use the cart path to your benefit