Loose impediments, movable obstructions, and more. In this video, we break down definitions for loose impediments, movable obstructions, and others and understand what is allowed and not allowed.
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📖 DEFINITION: Loose Impediment
Any unattached natural object such as:
-- Stones, loose grass, leaves, branches and sticks,
-- Dead animals and animal waste,
-- Worms, insects and similar animals that can be removed easily, and the mounds or webs they build (such as worm casts and ant hills), and
-- Clumps of compacted soil (including aeration plugs).
Such natural objects are NOT loose if they are:
--Attached or growing,
-- Solidly embedded in the ground (that is, cannot be picked out easily), or
-- Sticking to the ball.
Special cases:
-- Sand and loose soil are not loose impediments.
-- Dew, frost and water are not loose impediments.
-- Snow and natural ice (other than frost) are either loose impediments or, when on the ground, temporary water, at your option.
-- Spider webs are loose impediments even though they are attached to another object.
📖 DEFINITION: Movable Obstruction
An obstruction that can be moved with reasonable effort and without damaging the obstruction or the course.
If part of an immovable obstruction or integral object (such as a gate or door or part of an attached cable) meets these two standards, that part is treated as a movable obstruction. But this does not apply if the movable part of an immovable obstruction or integral object is not meant to be moved (such as a loose stone that is part of a stone wall).