I don't believe you need to drop further away if you can drop in the general area within a clubs length. You can measure a club length as usual but just drop within the area, same distance from the hole. The arc would extend back from there, within the club length but on the d=same surface.

Didn't know about keeping it in the general area if another area is within a golf club length of a relief drop. Learned something new.

Always learn something from these videos! Thanks Hannah.

Brilliant as usual, Hannah. We've argued about the final point you make, and I'll tell my colleagues to check out your video. I'll ensure I'm not the one asking!

Regarding the first scenario, could you use a shorter club than the driver and end up dropping nearer to the hole?

This is a tricky one, again brilliantly explained. Thank you guys again for another brilliant video..

Loving the rules videos. Great to see West End, Halifax and David Rishworth featuring so well.

Great rules video 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

So the key is that is has to be a local rule which means that it is on the scorecard or published in the clubhouse

MLR F5 has 2 sections F5.1 when the ball & obstruction are in the General Area Only & F5.2 which is the one quoted when the ball & obstruction are in the General Area cut to fairway height or less. Most clubs I’ve been to only have F5.1 in effect not F5.2 so you have to read the local rules carefully.

Great informative video but I do have a question - In a professional event without effect by local rules what would be the ruling for the last example - I believe I may have missed something here. I would like to see more of these videos in the future. Thanks Hannah.

Hi Hannah Liking the rules vids 👌 Noticed a few times yer man uses the term "or another ball" when taking relief before dropping . Pedantic I know but does the ball have to be the same type ? Make and model ? Or can you change your molitor to a pro v1 if around the green (extreme example I know lol) ?

Good info..

Love these video's Hana ah.

What if my intented swing was to chip it now that i got free relief i decide to putt instead? is that allowed or do i still have to chip it?

Could you or any of the viewers please explain why this local rule is not an actual rule that is part of the rules of golf and is there a situation where this local rule is not allowed?

This is wrong (as far as I can make out from the camera angle). In the video the driver is placed with the handle end located at the nearest point of complete relief: the reference point, good, but wrongly the head end is kept on the fringe. That's too far back. See video at @1:13 to @1:27 and again @2:50 Instead the driver's head should be rotated around the reference point towards the flag, onto the green, so the head end ends up the same distance away from the flag as the grip end. But the ball cannot be dropped on, or played from, the green. It must come to rest in a position where the player enjoys complete relief within the relief area.