How to Take Free Relief from loose Impediments and Movable Obstructions...

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).