A player may need to drop the ball in order to take relief or because he or she has declared his ball unplayable or because his or her ball has landed in a water hazard.

The player must stand straight and hold the ball at shoulder height and at arms length before dropping it straight down.

The ball should be redropped if:

• It rolls more than two club lengths away from its original position
• It rolls into a hazard
• It rolls out of a hazard
• It rolls onto the green
• It rolls out of bounds
• It rolls into Ground Under Repair
• It rolls nearer the hole than its original position

If having been redropped the ball does any of the above again it should be placed on the spot where the ball struck the turf.