Is Ground Under Repair compulsory? Rules of Golf explained

Is it compulsory to pick up from an area labelled GUR? Our Rules of Golf expert Steve Carroll explains The bulldozers have been out, the rain has been falling like we all need to live in Arks rather than houses, and now it’s frozen solid. Conditions on the course have been less than ideal. That’s winter golf for you, but whether it’s inclement conditions or a course renovation, you can find yourself asking the sort of question that Ron Boyce recently emailed to me. He wrote: “Can you please confirm the rule for taking relief from a bunker that has been deemed compulsory GUR?” Rules of Golf explained: Is ground under repair compulsory? I don’t think this is specifically the question Ron is asking (we’ll get to that in a minute) but his email raises a wider point about ground under repair that many players misunderstand. There is no such thing as compulsory ground under repair relief. If a committee has labelled an area of the golf course as GUR then you can take free relief, but you also have the option to play the ball as it lies. If the area has been designated as a No Play Zone, then that’s
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