Rules of Golf - How Can It Be Wrong (When It Feels So Right)
Or ... Playing from the Wrong Place
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While searching for the ball, which was sitting down in long grass, the ball is accidentally moved. The exact location of the ball is unknown so the player estimates the location but replaces the ball by placing it on top of the grass and plays it. The player has proceeded properly and there is no penalty.
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In stroke play, a player in breach of playing from a wrong place must always correct the mistake by playing out the hole with a ball played from the correct location.
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When taking free relief from a cart path, the player drops the ball almost two club-lengths from the reference point and plays the ball. This was due to the player being unaware that the ball must be dropped within one club-length of the reference point. Because the player had doubt as to where to drop and play, there is no penalty.
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In stroke play, as a courtesy for another player about to putt, a player moves his or her ball-marker one club-head length to one side. Forgetting to move the ball-marker back to its original spot, the player replaces the ball in front of the ball-marker and makes a putt. Since this was done out of courtesy for another player there is no penalty and the player should replace the ball in its original spot and putt out.
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On a short par 3, with a 75-yard forced carry over a yellow penalty area, the player’s tee shot hits the putting green but spins off the front of the putting green and back into the penalty area. In taking relief, the player drops and plays a ball from within two club-lengths of where it last entered the edge of the yellow penalty area, but not closer to the hole. After completing the hole, but before teeing off on the next hole, the player thinks the procedure used was incorrect and he or she may have played from a wrong place. The error must be corrected by playing a ball from the tee side of the penalty area.
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After taking free relief from interference by a cart path, the player makes his or her next stroke while partially standing on the path. The player has played from a wrong place and gets the general penalty.
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The player lifts his or her ball from the putting green, cleans it and replaces it. After it has been replaced and at rest, wind moves the ball farther from the hole. The player plays the ball from its new location. Because the ball was moved by natural forces, the player must play it from where it came to rest after being moved by the wind.
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The ball lies in the general area, but very near the edge of a penalty area that is also a no play zone. The player takes a stance with one foot inside the no play zone and makes a stroke. There is no penalty because the ball was outside the no play zone.
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In a stroke play competition, with no Local Rules in place, a player’s tee shot travels 200 yards forward before coming to rest out of bounds. The player drops a ball within two club-lengths of where the original ball went out of bounds and plays the ball. This is a serious breach of playing from a wrong place and must be corrected by putting another ball into play from the teeing area under penalty of stroke and distance. While the stroke from the wrong place does not count in the player’s score, the player gets two penalty strokes for the breach and his or her next stroke from the teeing area will be their fifth stroke.
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In stroke play, a player’s tee shot comes to rest on a wrong green. The player makes two putts on the wrong green before realizing that play is not permitted on a wrong green. The player correctly determines the nearest point of complete relief based on where the ball came to rest after the second putt and properly drops a ball within the relief area. The player takes three more strokes to complete the hole. The player’s score for the hole is an eight.
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