The driving range is a lateral hazzard and NOT OB??? Strange.

Anyways, you can play from the range, although I'm not sure I would choose to take that sort of risk if there is as many balls as you say lying around. I would imagine it would be difficult to pick your ball out of the ones on the range and I would make quite certain it was actually your ball before playing your next shot. As for moving range balls, you can NOT move loose impediments in a hazzard. Also, you are correct that you can not ground your club.

As for the drop zone, yes. If you were to go into the lateral hazzard from 135 out, your next shot would be from the drop zone.

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