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This page covers the stroke-and-distance procedure for a ball that is lost or out of bounds, the three-minute search time, the concept of playing a provisional ball, and the optional Local Rule that provides an alternative to the stroke-and-distance procedure.
- New Local Rule
A new local rule that provides an alternative to...
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When your ball is lost outside a penalty area or comes to...
- New Local Rule
A new local rule that provides an alternative to stroke-and-distance relief for a ball that is lost outside a penalty area or out of bounds, effective January 1, 2019.
Players must find where their ball went out of bounds and create an imaginary perpendicular to the fairway, no closer to the hole. From there, you can now drop anywhere within two club-lengths...
Jan 4, 2024 · In golf, a ball is out of bounds (OB) when it comes to rest outside the boundary edge of the course. White stakes or a white line typically mark this edge. If your ball goes OB, you must take a one-stroke penalty and return to the spot of your previous stroke.
When your ball is lost outside a penalty area or comes to rest out of bounds, the required progression of playing from the teeing area to the hole is broken; you must resume that progression by playing again from where the previous stroke was made.
Apr 17, 2023 · When there is a painted line, the boundary edge is the course side edge of the line. If any part of the ball – even if it’s a tiny sliver – is course side, it is in bounds. A ball that is on the line itself, or which is beyond the course side edge, is out of bounds.
Apr 12, 2023 · Going out of bounds is just about the worst possible result of a golf shot. The blunder will cost you one penalty stroke plus all the distance you could have gained from the shot, essentially amounting to a two-stroke penalty.
