WATER HAZARD DEFINITION
	A water hazard is any seal, lake, pond, river, ditch, surface drainage ditch or other open water course (whether or not it contains water) and anything of a similar nature. Water hazards are defined by yellow stakes. The ball is in a water hazard when it lies in or any part of it touches the water hazard.
	RULE 26-1
	If a ball is in or lost in a water hazard (whether the ball lies in water or not), the player may, under penalty of one stroke, choose from the following:
	A. Play a ball as nearly as possible to the spot from which the original ball was last played; or B. Drop a ball behind the water hazard, keeping the point at which the original ball last crossed the margin of the water hazard directly between the hole and the spot on which the ball is dropped, with no limit to how far behind the water hazard the ball may be dropped
	REFERENCE TO HOLE #3 AT THE BANYAN TREE GOLF COURSE
	The area between the two bridges crossing the creek on Hole #3 at the Banyan Tree Golf Course is a yellow staked area defining a regular water hazard. If a ball is hit into the water hazard, a player, under penalty of one stroke, must play a shot from the original spot, or can hit a shot from behind the water hazard, keeping the spot which the ball crossed the water hazard betwen him/her and the hold. A player may not proceed to the other side of the water hazard and play from there.