So, it was with a lot of interest that I studied a picture that was sent on a golfing WhatsApp group where a golf ball had come to rest in a bird’s nest. There were many who thought that the player should get free relief as some referred to the nest as a movable obstruction. Then someone in the group vowed that he had read somewhere in the Rules of Golf that there is free relief for bird’s nests. The bird’s nest, in this case, is a loose impediment and there is no free relief for the same. The doubt was brought about by the free relief given for bird’s nests.

Source: Standard Digital May 01, 2020 09:11 UTC