Photo: Golf Course Hazard Oliva Nova

After teeing off, a woman finds her golf ball laying in a hazard on the Oliva Nova Golf Course in Valencia, Spain.

This is just one type of hazard where your ball can end up while playing at the Oliva Nova Golf Course in Valencia, Spain. She prefers to take a stroke and pull it out of this hazard rather than trying her luck and hitting out which could end up even worse.Once this woman retrieves her golf ball out of this hazard, she must drop it two club lengths of where the ball entered the hazard but not any closer to the hole. This is the correct rule of play when playing on any golf course.A water hazard is found at a majority of the eighteen holes on this golf course, so hitting your ball fairly straight down the fairways is important. There are very hard sand traps to get out of and the putting greens can be difficult to read.Professional golfer Seve Ballesteros designed the Oliva Nova Golf Course to make it challenging and each hazard on this course makes the game tougher for everyone. It is not extremely hilly, so walking this course on hot days is still very pleasurable. ... continue below the picture...

... Woman playing golf at the Oliva Nova Golf Course, Club de Golf Oliva Nova in the town of Oliva Nova, an 18 hole golf Course, Costa Blanca, Valencia, Spain, Europe. Model Released.