Penalty
Areas
Areas
This is the number of penalty strokes normally added when you take relief from a penalty area
What is one stroke?
You search for your ball but can't find it. After this amount of time, the ball is considered lost
What is three minutes?
Your ball lies on a paved cart path. This type of relief is available
What is free relief?
Before making a stroke from a bunker, a player grounds their club in the sand directly behind the ball
What is a 2 stroke penalty in stroke play? What is loss of the hole in match play?
This is what you yell immediately when your shot might hit another person
For lateral relief from a red penalty area, your relief area extends this many club lengths from where the ball last crossed the edge
What are two-club lengths?
You hit your golf ball goes out of bounds (white stakes), you now must
What is play your next shot from the exact spot of the previous stroke and add a 1 stroke penalty?
What is free relief?
A player's ball is on the fringe. They mark it, pick it up, and clean it
What is a 1 stroke penalty?
After playing a shot from the bunker, you should do this before leaving it
What is rake the bunker?
Your ball is in a penalty area, but you can safely play it. This option allows you to continue without adding a penalty stroke
What is play the ball as it lies?
You pick up the ball on a par 4, you write this number on your score card
What is 9?
A tree blocking your swing normally requires this type of relief if you don't want to play the ball as it lies
What is unplayable-ball relief?
During one swing, a player accidentally hits their ball twice
What is no penalty?
This outfit is considered country club attire
What is a polo/collared shirt tucked in with golf pants, shorts, or a golf skirt?
Your ball crosses the edge of a penalty area and cannot be found. This point is used to determine where you can take relief
What is the point where the ball last crossed the edge of the penalty area?
A player uses their foot to move their ball to a better lie. This is what the player must do next and the penalty the receive
What is replace the ball in its original spot and take a 1 stroke penalty?
When taking standard free relief, the relief area is generally this many club-lengths, while lateral relief for an unplayable ball is this many club-lengths
What is free relief → 0 penalty strokes → usually 1 club-length?
What is unplayable lateral relief → 1 penalty stroke → 2 club-lengths?
A player's ball is on the putting green. They rotate it to line up the logo without a ball mark in position
What is 1 stroke penalty?
On the putting green, you should avoid walking on this area between another player's ball and the hole
What is their putting line?
These are your three possible options if you hit a ball into a penalty area
1. What is stroke and distance relief? (Play again from previous spot)
2. What is back-of-the-line relief? (Keep point where the ball crossed the penalty-area edge between you and the hole and drop back on the line)
3. What is lateral relief? (Drop within two club-lengths of where the ball crossed the edge, no closer to the hole)
A player accidentally kicks her ball in the fairway and moves it. Instead of replacing it, she plays it from its new location. The penalty is this many strokes
What is two stroke penalty?
When taking free relief from an immovable obstruction, these are the steps you must follow
1. Find the nearest point of relief
2. One club-length, no closer to the hole
3. Knee height drop
In stroke play, you accidentally hit another player's ball instead of your own
What is a 2 stroke penalty?
Your group finishes putting out while the group behind you is waiting to hit their approach shots. Instead of standing near the green to record scores, proper etiquette says you should do this
What is leave the green and record scores at the next tee?