grounding the club

Question
If a player plays out of a water hazard ( drie creek beed)
He takes out 3 clubs and dropes 2 clubs in the hazard. Is that a pentalty and how many stokes
Thanks

Answer
David:  There is no penalty for what you describe.  A player may place clubs in a hazard while playing a shot as long as nothing he does would constitute testing the conditions of the hazard.  If he has done something to test the conditions of the hazard prior to making a stroke, he shall incur a penalty of 2 strokes in stroke play and lost of hole in match play.


Fairways and Greens,
John
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