(R25)
This includes ground under repair (usually marked in blue or mentioned in the Local Rules), casual water (visible puddles) and excavation tracts caused by burrowing animals (primarily mole hills and mouse and rabbit holes). It also includes grass or other material piled up to be removed as well as holes made by greenkeepers. If you accidentally move the ball when searching for it in abnormal ground conditions put it back, without penalty.
If your ball is lying within one of the above-mentioned areas, or if you would have to take your stance within one, you are given free relief. Find the nearest point where your ball is no longer within this area and where you do not have to take your stance within it and drop the ball within 1 club-length.
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