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FREE DROP IF MARKED GUR

Ball is sitting on bare dirt/sandy soil among young planted saplings with bamboo stakes in what appears to be a newly planted area — likely marked as Ground Under Repair (GUR)

Those bamboo stakes screaming 'newly planted trees' strongly suggest this area is Ground Under Repair — if it is, you're walking out of there for free under Rule 16.1. If it's NOT marked GUR, congratulations, you're playing off hardpan with a forest of chopsticks in your way — play it or declare unplayable for one stroke.

NOT RATED YET — BE THE FIRST

Read Rule 16.1 on randa.org
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