By: Ron Kaspriske
The photograph above is of Matt Fitzpatrick, who was about to try to advance his ball next to an out-of-bounds fence at the 2019 Omega European Masters. While you can't take free reflief from an OB marker, it's perfectly fine to stand out of bounds to hit a ball that is in bounds. Fitz pulled this shot off, by the way ( see below ), but that's not what we are here to discuss.