geoblime
Bogey Member
Scenario over the weekend:
250 ft. down the fairway there's a 3 ft. deep creek running across from right to left. The opening of the creek is also around 3ft. at the top. There's white paint defining the OB line at the waters edge in the creek. A drive clearly enters the creek on the fly and comes to rest just in OB right next to the farther line. This is where opinions differed. Does the benefit of the doubt go to the player saying the disc hit the farther side of the bank and then went OB or the near side was the last place IB? We felt that clearly the disc hit the farther side as it's almost impossible for a disc to enter the creek on the fly and not hit the far side of the bank. Other people said you can't assume it hit and must take it from the near side. I see this logic also so we (dubs tourney) opted to not argue a ton and took it on the near side. This created a 10ft. putt with a more difficult angle than the 7ft. putt on the other side. We (and a couple other people not in our group) agreed the benefit should go to the players. Thoughts?
250 ft. down the fairway there's a 3 ft. deep creek running across from right to left. The opening of the creek is also around 3ft. at the top. There's white paint defining the OB line at the waters edge in the creek. A drive clearly enters the creek on the fly and comes to rest just in OB right next to the farther line. This is where opinions differed. Does the benefit of the doubt go to the player saying the disc hit the farther side of the bank and then went OB or the near side was the last place IB? We felt that clearly the disc hit the farther side as it's almost impossible for a disc to enter the creek on the fly and not hit the far side of the bank. Other people said you can't assume it hit and must take it from the near side. I see this logic also so we (dubs tourney) opted to not argue a ton and took it on the near side. This created a 10ft. putt with a more difficult angle than the 7ft. putt on the other side. We (and a couple other people not in our group) agreed the benefit should go to the players. Thoughts?