Free relief
FREE DROP - EMBEDDED
Ball sitting in a pitch-mark/divot depression on a closely mown fairway area
If that ball has plugged itself into its own pitch-mark in the general area, Rule 16.3 hands you free relief — no penalty, just find your nearest point of complete relief and drop. That's one almighty thud to leave a crater like that!
NOT RATED YET — BE THE FIRST
Read Rule 16.3 on randa.orgAlways check the official rule. GolfRules.pro settles the banter. It is not the match committee.