Playing by the rules

Last Sunday, I was caught in a situation where I had to use the rules to my advantage.

At the famous Sembawang "Bell Hole", I tied off nicely into the middle of the fairway. But due to the fairway being dry and hard, the ball ran a long way to the right and ended up right behind a big tree and next to the bell stand.

There was no way I could have hit forward. I could have chipped out sideway without hitting the bell stand but I chose to take a slightly bigger swing and end up hitting the stand.

So I got a relief for unmoveable obstruction, got onto the green in 3 and 2 putted for par.

From a potential bogey to par, playing by the rules.