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Golf Monthly
Golf Monthly
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Fergus Bisset

A Fellow Golfer Shifted A Movable Obstruction That Was Out Of Bounds So They Could Stand To Play Their Ball. Was That A Penalty?

Are you allowed to move a movable obstruction that is out of bounds?.

Here’s the scenario: Someone you are playing with in the Saturday roll-up has played a shot very close to the out of bounds line – in this instance, it’s an invisible boundary marked by white stakes.

On arriving at their ball, you both agree their ball is touching the golf course and so is in bounds. Good news for them.

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