Golf Buggy in hazards

Question
Is taking your golf buggy into a hazard against the rules of golf or just poor golf etiquette

Answer
Dale,

It's not listed in the rules of golf as a violation, but it would be poor golf etiquette.

FYI - From the USGA web site.

13-4. Ball in Hazard; Prohibited Actions

Except as provided in the Rules, before making a stroke at a ball that is in a hazard (whether a bunker or a water hazard) or that, having been lifted from a hazard, may be dropped or placed in the hazard, the player must not:

a. Test the condition of the hazard or any similar hazard;

b. Touch the ground in the hazard or water in the water hazard with his hand or a club; or

c. Touch or move a loose impediment lying in or touching the hazard.

Thanks for the question

Michael Hoffman