To Teaching Pro, Originally there was a red line about one foot to the left of the cart path along with red stakes. Due to rain and the fact that the line had not been painted in a while, there was no longer evidence of the red line between the stakes. Without the line, the only option was to go stake to stake. The path curved where is ball laid on the extreme left edge of the path. Going stake to stake he was about 3 feet inside the hazard line. The red line was evident after about 50 feet on either side of the ball. The rules committee first tried to say that the grounds keepers intention was to have the path outside of the hazard. However if there is no evidence of a hazard line there is no choice except going stake to stake. Intentions don't matter. To make a long story short, the rules committee said even if the ball was in the hazard he got free relief from the cart path. My pleas to consult the rule book were ignored and I was left in the fairway with my pleas falling on deaf ears as they left. I refused to sign the card. Losing that ruling cost me going to the first tee for a playoff. Bottom line, this is a semi private course, he is a paying member and I am a daily fee player. Guess who got screwed?