Lateral Water Hazard

Lateral Water Hazards
Red stakes or lines designate a lateral water hazard and a player has four options upon hitting a b...

Lateral Water Hazard
A 'lateral water hazard'' is a water hazard or that part of a water hazard so situated that it is not possible or is deemed by the Committee to be impracticable to drop a ball behind the water hazard in accordance with That ...

Lateral water hazard
A ditch, stream, or pond roughly parallel to the line of the hole. A ball picked out may be played from either side, with a one-stroke penalty.

Lateral Water Hazard: A water hazard defined by red stakes and usually parallel with the fairway. If the ball resides within this hazard, the ball may be played or the player may elect relief.

lateral water hazard Type of water hazard defined by red boundary stakes. Often runs parallel to the line of play on a hole. The penalty for hitting into a lateral hazard is one stroke.

Lateral Water Hazard: A water hazard that runs along the side of the fairway instead of across it.
Launch Angle: The angle at which the ball leaves the face of the club when struck.

lateral water hazard
A lateral water hazard is usually marked by red stakes, and occurs when it is difficult to take relief by dropping a ball behind the hazard, as with a normal water hazard.

LATERAL WATER HAZARD
A water hazard that runs parallel to a hole or green.
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Lateral Water Hazard : A water hazard which has been marked with red stakes or line. Indicates that a drop can be made at the point at which the ball crossed the hazard line (with 2 club lengths relief).

Lateral Water Hazard
A water hazard running parallel to the fairway.
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A lateral water hazard, however, might be a creek that runs alongside a hole, or a lake to the side of a fairway that extends all the way back to the tee or beyond. Dropping behind such a hazard would not just be inconvenient, it would be unfair.

In a lateral water hazard, you may also, under penalty of one stroke, drop within two club-lengths of (a) the point where the ball last crossed the hazard margin or (b) a point on the opposite hazard margin equidistant from the hole. (26-1c) ...

Ball in lateral water hazard - in addition to the options for a ball in a water hazard (see above), under penalty of one stroke, ...

lateral hazard (also "lateral water hazard") a water hazard (whether filled with water or not) which is generally adjacent to, or to one side or another of, the line of play (usually marked with red stakes or lines) ...

Lateral water hazard margins are identified by red stakes or lines.
If your ball is in a water hazard or a lateral water hazard, you may play it as it lies.

Lateral water hazard---a hazard, which may or may not be filled with water,that is adjacent to or alongside the line of play. Red stakes or lines mark the area.

But the real questions on the lips of every local club hacker don't concern irregularities of the surface, lateral water hazards or loose impediments.

Additionally, when a ball is hit into a lateral water hazard, the player also has the option of dropping a ball within two club lengths of where the ball last crossed the margin of the hazard (no closer to the hole), at a penalty of one stroke.

See also: Hazard, Golf, Water Hazard, Water, Hole