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Explaining Plugged Lie In The Rules Of Golf
Golf Monthly
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11 hours ago
In this video Neil Tappin and Jeremy Ellwood explain your options when you are faced with a plugged lie, or an embedded ball.
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OK, so 16th hole here at West Hill. Incredibly wet recently. Very muddy underfoot. I've pulled
00:10
my drive slightly and my ball, Jez, I think, is plugged.
00:14
Yes. Well, plugged. The rules call it embedded. We call it plugged. That is definitely embedded.
00:20
And there's a helpful diagram on page 100 of the player's edition of the rulebook to
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allow you to determine when it's embedded. It actually says when part of your ball is
00:29
below the level of the ground, so the soil has to be impacted in some way. It can't
00:33
just be sitting down in the grass, but at this time of year that we're shooting this, there
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is a lot of soil that the ball would embed in. And we both agree that this is a play light.
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This is definitely embedded. So in that scenario then, what are my options? What
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can I do? Well, the relief now is available anywhere in what is called the general area.
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So it doesn't just have to be on the fairway. So before, in this scenario, it would just be
00:55
bad luck, wouldn't it? It would be in the rough.
00:57
In the rough, it was tough luck, I am afraid. But now it is not the case. Which is probably
01:04
a good thing in fairness because you are going to gouge a massive chunk out or take a penalty
01:09
drop.
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And I am only a metre and a half off the fairway.
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So now you get relief. And the first thing to point out is the reference point for taking
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relief is the spot directly behind where the ball is lying. So about there. And then you
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get a one club length arc not nearer the hole from there using your longest club that you
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are carrying that day other than the putter. So typically the driver. So you can, I mean,
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you get an arc that shape. So you have just got to remember that when you are dropping.
01:42
Have you dropped it within the arc? Within the arc. So obviously, Jez, the best thing to
01:47
mark it out, isn't it? Well, you can do, but you are going to be dropping in a variety,
01:50
you might choose to drop in a variety. So mark it out in the area where you are thinking
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you are going to drop it. Exactly. So in this scenario, I think the driest,
01:57
best spot is probably over here somewhere. So I would probably put a second tee in there.
02:03
Get rid of a couple of loose impediments just to make sure they are not in the way. I mean,
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you don't have to put these tees in, but it is obviously a very good idea to do so. It is
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a good idea to do it. It just covers you, doesn't it? And you would also want to remove those
02:12
twigs probably at this point just to minimise the risk. And then I would probably drop it
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around about there. Yeah, look, maybe slightly below the height, but I am going to let it
02:20
go on this occasion. Oh, skinny. That is going to work. You are always going to hit it a bit
02:28
clean on soft ground, aren't you? I wasn't wanting to take a massive divot there. Hopefully
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that gives you an idea about what to do if your ball is embedded, especially if it is embedded
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off the fairway in an area like this where there is lots of loose impediments, very wet
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underfoot, as it is at the moment, that should give you everything you need to know.
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