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Water hazard rule (R26)

If your ball is lying in a water hazard or is lost in one, you are permitted to drop outside the hazard as follows:

Regular water hazard (yellow)

1. Take a drop on the backwards extension of the line from the hole to the entry point (point X where the ball last crossed the margin of the hazard), 1 penalty stroke.
2. Take a drop on the site of the last stroke (tee up on the teeing ground), 1 penalty stroke.

Lateral water hazard (red)

The same options 1.+2) as with regular water hazards (yellow) plus

3.  Take a drop within 2 club-lengths of the entry point (X) 1 penalty stroke.

4.  Take a drop within 2 club-lengths of the point opposite the entry point (spot on the opposite side of the lateral water hazard at the same distance form the hole), 1 penalty stroke.