When is Your Ball Considered Lost?
Marcela Smith from Girlfriends Guide to Golf explains when a golf ball is defined as lost with a stroke and distance penalty.
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Marcela Smith from Girlfriends Guide to Golf explains when a golf ball is defined as lost with a stroke and distance penalty.
Marcela Smith explains the rules when you have a swing and a miss in the tee box/teeing area or if you accidently knock the ball off the tee.
Marcela Smith from the Girlfriends Guide to Golf explains what you can you do if you feel your ball is unplayable in a bunker. Rule 19.3 gives you four options for relief for an unplayable lie/unplayable ball.
Marcela Smith explains your options if your ball is lying in a Yellow Penalty Area. You can always play it as it lies, and you are permitted to take a practice swing and ground your club in the Penalty Area. And you have two options under Rule 17.1, which include Stroke-And-Distance and Back-On-The-Line relief. Each of those will cost you a one stroke penalty.
Marcela Smith, founder of Girlfriends Guide To Golf, shares how to use the lateral relief option, often your best choice in red penalty areas previously referred to as water hazards.
It’s happened to all of us… you make an intentional swing at the ball from the tee box and you miss. Is it a stroke? Is there a penalty? Marcela Smith from Girlfriend’s Guide to Golf explains what happens next.
Marcela Smith from Girlfriends Guide to Golf explains that when you drop out of ground under repair and other abnormal course conditions, make sure that you are completely clear.
Most golfers know that you cannot improve the conditions affecting the golf stroke but they often think the same rules apply everywhere. Marcela Smith explains the more relaxed rules that apply to the teeing area.
If your ball comes to rest on an immovable obstruction like a sprinkler, drain, or cart path, or the condition interferes with your stance (as in this photo), you are entitled to free relief. Marcela Smith from Girlfriends Guide to Golf explains Rule 16.
Find out all about the rules and etiquette for hitting a provisional ball in this video from Marcela Smith of Girlfriend’s Guide to Golf.
Marcela Smith of Girlfriends Guide to Golf explains the unique rules and new etiquette under COVID-19.
