Stroke and distance - the golf rule that so many players get wrong
So many golfers get this rule wrong - they don't believe they can take stroke and distance relief for a ball ANYWHERE on the golf couse. That lack of knowledge of this rule keeps them from taking advantage of this rule of golf that enables them to essentially get a do-over for just a one stroke penalty.
You can use the blanket rule 18.1 anywhere you want on the golf course- and I do mean anywhere. If your ball is in a bunker, ugly rough, a penalty area, or sitting in the middle of the fairway, and you want to take a drop from where you last played, you can use stroke and distance for a one stroke penalty. That's it!
If you played your last shot from the teeing area, then you can tee the ball up again if you wish. And if your last stroke was made from the putting green, you won't drop the ball or tee it up, instead you will replace the ball on the original spot on the putting green. If you're not sure of the exact spot you may estimate the spot.
(When would you use stroke and distance from the putting green you say? Perhaps if you putting it with a little too much force and it rolls into a penalty area or a horrible bunker you don't wish to play from.
Keep in mind that 18.1 is the blanket rule number for stroke and distance, but if your ball is in a bunker the actual rule you will use is 19.3 and If your ball is in a penalty area and you choose to take stroke and distance relief from there, that would be under 17.1d(1)
In all of these situations, this will cost just a ONE STROKE PENALTY, never two!
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