Rules

                        Ruling for failing to hole out during stroke play:  3.3c

Failure to Hole Out

A player must hole out at each hole in a round. If the player fails to hole out at any hole:

• The player must correct that mistake before making a stroke to begin another hole or, for the final hole of the round, before returning the scorecard.

• If the mistake is not corrected in that time, the player is disqualified.

Immovable obstruction such as cart path or sprinkler head - When free relief is allowed  16.1a 

When Relief Is Allowed

(1) Meaning of Interference by Abnormal Course Condition. Interference exists when any one of these is true:

• The player’s ball touches or is in or on an abnormal course condition,

• An abnormal course condition physically interferes with the player’s area of intended stance or area of intended swing, or

• Only when the ball is on the putting green, an abnormal course condition on or off the putting green intervenes on the line of play.

If the abnormal course condition is close enough to distract the player but does not meet any of these requirements, there is no interference under this Rule.See Committee Procedures, 

Section 8; Model Local Rule F-6 (the Committee may adopt a Local Rule denying relief from an abnormal course condition that only interferes with the area of intended stance).

****Note that this ruling is one club length, no closer to the hole****