Water Hazards are defined by both Yellow and Red stakes or lines.

What do they mean?

· Yellow: Used to define Standard Water Hazard from which you have three options:

1. Play your ball out of the hazard without grounding your club at address - (no penalty).

2. Play another ball from where you last played - (one stroke penalty).

3. Drop a ball as far behind the hazard as you want, keeping the point where the ball last crossed the hazard line between you and the hole - (one stroke penalty).

· Red: Used to define a Lateral Water Hazard from which you have five options. The same as 1, 2, & 3 above, plus the following two options:

1. Drop a ball within two club lengths, no nearer the hole, from where the ball last crossed the hazard line - (one stroke penalty).

2. Drop a ball within two club lengths from a point on the opposite margin of the hazard no nearer the hole than where the ball last crossed the hazard - (one stroke penalty).

Also note that:

- If your ball is touching the hazard line it is in the hazard.

- You are allowed to clear loose impediments from the area in which you are preparing to drop the ball.

- If the hole has a designated drop area, local rules may either require its use or offer it as an option. Check the scorecard.