greg_b_4
Birdie Member
First of all I'm the course designer and builder of the course in the following example and I play it as follows. Hole 10 at Glenwood Park in Princeton WV is a short water carry hole. The basket sits 15 feet from waters edge with some trees to each side with limbs that overhang the water. Red tee is on the immediate other side of the water 100 ft, white (which is the primary tee) is 175 ft, blue tee is 225. What is the call when a tee shot hits the trees on the other side and then falls directly in the water? I have always claimed that since it did not establish contact with land that it is played from the drop area (the red tee is also played as the drop area). Others argue that since the tree grows out of the ground that it did establish contact and that the drop should be on the basket side of the water. Also if the shot goes in the tree, comes down on the ground then rolls into the water I allow the drop on the basket side with the meter relief.