Oh yeah, you are in that nice bunker next to the hole, and you know you are definitely going to skull it out and skip it over the green. what to do? Play Kronbros^tm golf! Follow along as we read rule 16.1 – Abnormal course conditions:

This Rule covers free relief that is allowed from interference by animal holes, ground under repair, immovable obstructions or temporary water.

These are collectively called abnormal course conditions, but each has a separate Definition.

a. When Relief Is Allowed

Interference exists when any one of these is true:

• Your ball touches or is in or on an abnormal course condition,
• An abnormal course condition physically interferes with your area of intended stance or area of intended swing, or
• Only when your ball is on the putting green, an abnormal course condition on or off the putting green intervenes on your line of play.

There is no free relief from an abnormal course condition when the abnormal course condition is out of bounds or your ball is in a penalty area.

Okay, so let’s read this the Kronbros way. Did someone forget to rake the bunker? Hell, that can be considered “ground under repair!” Does the bunker look even a little like a badger went wild there? That’s an animal hole if I ever saw one! Did it rain the night before? Look carefully, don’t you see standing water? Soaked into the sand? Yeah, buddy!

Oh let’s take this a little farther. Are you playing on a beach in Florida? No? then where did all that sand come from? They dug that hole deliberately, and trucked in a ton of sand just to mess with you! Now that’s an abnormal course condition!

Free relief! Take that ball and drop it on soem nice grass next to it, and do your chip and putt, the Kronbros way!