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BAR[_3_]

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On Sun, 11 Jan 2009 12:00:42 -0500, BAR wrote:

wrote:
On Sun, 11 Jan 2009 08:33:59 -0500, John H
wrote:

The tee starter actually made that demonstration on the first hole. He
rolled a ball across the little pond!

How do you know the pond is frozen hard enough to play a ball off the
center? ... or do the rules make you take a drop?
You can play the ball as it lies from within a hazard without taking a
penalty stroke. What you can't do is touch anything in the hazard with
your club before striking the ball.

Golf rules always amaze me. I just want to hit the ball.

BTW how do you hit a ball in the water without "touching the hazard"?

No practice swings in a hazard. No grounding the club in a hazard. You
can touch the hazard when you swing with the intent on hitting the ball.
If you ball is in the water you are going to get wet.