Trying to get confirmation on a situation that came up recently in a sanctioned tournament where a cardmate was inbounds near a creek at the top of a bank that slopes sharply towards the water. No painted line or or rope. Water defined the OB and he was more than a meter from the actual water line.
He asked about taking relief due to an unsafe lie. I told him that I didn't believe that was an option unless the TD had declared it an unsafe area. He argued that it was, but only if the entire card agreed and he let it go since I said that I didn't think it was unsafe. I still want confirmation from internet strangers to make sure I've got the right info for next time
I believe that 803.02.C (https://www.pdga.com/rules/official-rules-disc-golf/80302) and QA-OBS-5 (https://www.pdga.com/faq/rules/qa-o...-plants-such-poison-ivy-poison-oak-or-nettles) support my argument that there was no option for free relief no matter what the rest of us thought of his lie. Is there anything that would support his claim that free relief was a potential option?
The other issue with relief in this situation would be that there was no way to go backwards along the line to the basket to get his relief and be in bounds. Is there something in the rules that haven't found which documents a way to take relief for some situation (free or penalized) which isn't directly back from the basket other than throwing from your previous location?
I think his only option for relief in this situation would have been to go back and re-throw from the previous lie with an additional penalty stroke.
He asked about taking relief due to an unsafe lie. I told him that I didn't believe that was an option unless the TD had declared it an unsafe area. He argued that it was, but only if the entire card agreed and he let it go since I said that I didn't think it was unsafe. I still want confirmation from internet strangers to make sure I've got the right info for next time
I believe that 803.02.C (https://www.pdga.com/rules/official-rules-disc-golf/80302) and QA-OBS-5 (https://www.pdga.com/faq/rules/qa-o...-plants-such-poison-ivy-poison-oak-or-nettles) support my argument that there was no option for free relief no matter what the rest of us thought of his lie. Is there anything that would support his claim that free relief was a potential option?
The other issue with relief in this situation would be that there was no way to go backwards along the line to the basket to get his relief and be in bounds. Is there something in the rules that haven't found which documents a way to take relief for some situation (free or penalized) which isn't directly back from the basket other than throwing from your previous location?
I think his only option for relief in this situation would have been to go back and re-throw from the previous lie with an additional penalty stroke.