Local Rule 3 – Water Hazards: Water hazards are defined by yellow stakes and/or lines
When it is known or virtually certain that a ball is in a yellow penalty area, the player has three options;
- For one penalty stroke, take stroke and distance relief from where the previous stroke was made
- For one penalty stroke, take back-on-the-line relief by dropping a ball outside the penalty area, keeping point X between the hole and the spot where the ball is dropped.
- Playing the ball as it lies within the penalty area if possible, without penalty.
Unlike red penalty areas, yellow penalty areas do not offer the option of lateral relief (dropping within two club lengths of where the ball last crossed the edge of the penalty area).