Knowing your relief options
In the final round of the 2022 US PGA, Will Zalatoris encountered a multi-part ruling on the par-3 6th.
Chris Wallace, Rules manager at The R&A, explains.
After airmailing his tee shot into some thick bushes close to the boundary fence, Zalatoris opted to take lateral unplayable ball relief for one penalty stroke under Rule 19.2c. This gave him a two-club relief area to drop in from the spot of the original ball. The important thing to remember was that he was not able to drop