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5.18.2010

Why Don't We Do It in The Road?

With apologies to The Beatles, this is just a friendly reminder that the highways and surface streets beyond the boundaries of the course (Highway 114, O'Connor Road, etc.) are considered out of bounds. In such cases, a player should replay the shot, taking penalties for stroke and distance.

For an example of how not to play a shot that leaves the reservation, consult the picture above, where Nelson Henry plays his second shot from what he thought was a waste bunker at Hilton Head National. Only when an oncoming Honda Civic interrupted his backswing did he discover the error of his ways, but he still got up and down from the median after flipping off the driver.

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