'Though players sometimes look with suspicion on attempts to bring about reforms in the playing of Bol, shove reason in the sugges; tion' that the Royal and Ancient Club should recon: der the laws relating to bunker play, especially la regard to casual water. In the ease fora ball lying in casual water in a hazard, the present procedure gives the player the option of dropping the ball either in the hazard Jor outside it, under the penalty of 4 stroke." More often than not, the ball is lying' in a pool of water. one part of the bunker, while the rest is dry.
tis just a matter of luck whether the ball falls into. water or escapes and in these circumstances tis lufged that St. Andrews should redraft the rule so. that. the player may drop in the dry portion of the bunker without penalty. Should he decide, however, to drop outside the nits' of the' hazard, then. the penalty remains. There is room for jan alteration of the law respect.
Tt is both illogical and in-player, whose is in water, should be penalized, hile his opponent, a few feet away same bunker, should get of Tt is an open secret that work upon the Rules of Golf, with a lew to revision, is now proceeding.
Reuter
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