Purpose of Rule: Rule 18 covers taking relief under penalty of stroke and distance. When a ball is lost outside a penalty area or comes to rest out of bounds, the required progression of playing from ...

Purpose of Rule: Rule 18 covers taking relief under penalty of stroke and distance. When your ball is lost outside a penalty area or comes to rest out of bounds, the required progression of playing ...

In order to save time, if a player thinks his ball might be lost or out of bounds, they may play a back-up or 'provisional ball'. This must be played after the fellow golfers have played their shots ...

You saw it land in bounds and ... for the ball. Or even declare it lost after only a minute or so of half-hearted "searching." Unfortunately, according to the Rules of Golf, a ball is not ...

unless an optional local rule provides an alternative. “If you have any uncertainty about your ball being lost or out of ...

At least once a summer, I try to address the rules of golf in this column, because it is part of the game and is so often disregarded by causal golfers. One that is a must to know is the ...

A player may declare their ball to be unplayable at any time - except when it is in a water hazard. Even if another golfer considers it to be playable, the player is the judge. Sometimes it might be ...

Upon resumption of play, the ball shall be awarded out-of-bounds at the nearest spot following a regular or 20-second timeout. Exception: Rule 5-Section VII-d. h. On a violation which requires ...

After consulting with his cadde, Bhatia determined his best option was to punch out down the eighth ... Internal OB is one of golf's most controversial rules, but it's implemented if tournament ...

In the end on Friday, Bhatia double-bogeyed the par-5 13th at Emirates Golf Club ... played a ball to here?” Said Bhatia: “Yeah.” Said the official: “This is out of bounds, this fairway.” ...