Out Of Bounds Golf Rule. 2018-12-20 The New Rule. 2020-01-29 Ball Out of Bounds If a ball is out of bounds the player must play a ball under penalty of one stroke as nearly as possible at the spot from which the original ball was last played see Rule 20-5.
2019-01-18 The penalty for hitting a golf shot out of bounds and how to proceed after doing it are covered in the Rules of Golf in Rule 182. A-4 Internal Out of Bounds. Out of bounds on a golf course is the area in which a ball is no longer in the playing field.
Out of bounds on a golf course is the area in which a ball is no longer in the playing field.
If you hit your ball out of bounds or lose it you have three minutes to search for your ball before it becomes lost your only option is to go back to the spot of your previous stroke to play under stroke and distance. What this means is that you incur a one-stroke penalty and need to go back to the point from where you hit your last shot. For instance a player may drop a ball within two club-lengths but not nearer the hole of the nearest edge of the fairway at an equal distance from the hole to where the ball was believed to be lost or went out of bounds and add two penalty. Model Local Rule A-3 A ball coming to rest on or beyond the road identify the road or the holes where it comes into play is out of bounds even if it comes to rest on another part of the course that is in bounds for other holes.
