What Are the Rules for Red, Yellow and White Stakes?

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What Are the Rules for Red, Yellow and White Stakes?

Is your lack of knowledge about golf penalty areas and related golf rules making you fearful about playing with others? In this video, LPGA Professional Dr. Greta Anderson explains how golf penalties work and what those red, yellow and white stakes you see on the golf course mean.

Have you ever been out on the golf course and wondered what those red, yellow and white stakes and markings are all about? Are you aware of the fact that there are golf penalties, but you don’t know much about them?

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