Movable vs Immovable Obstruction – Golf Rules Explained

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Obstruction
Any artificial object except for integral objects and boundary objects.
Examples of obstructions:
Artificially surfaced roads and paths, including their artificial borders,
Buildings and rain shelters,
Sprinkler heads, drains and irrigation or control boxes,
Stakes, walls, railings and fences (but not when they are boundary objects that define or show the boundary edge of the course),
Golf carts, mowers, cars and other vehicles,
Waste containers, signposts and benches, and
Player equipment, flagsticks and rakes.
An obstruction is either a movable obstruction or an immovable obstruction. If part of an immovable obstruction (such as a gate or door or part of an attached cable) meets the definition of movable obstruction, that part is treated as a movable obstruction.
Paint dots and lines, such as those used to define boundaries and penalty areas, are not obstructions.
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Movable Obstruction – Rule 15.2
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).
Even when an obstruction is movable, the Committee may define it to be an immovable obstruction.
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Immovable Obstruction – Rule 16.1
Any obstruction that:
Cannot be moved without unreasonable effort or without damaging the obstruction or the course, and
Otherwise does not meet the definition of a movable obstruction.
The Committee may define any obstruction to be an immovable obstruction, even if it meets the definition of movable obstruction.
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