March Rule of the Month–Playing outside the teeing area
March Rule of the Month–Playing outside the teeing area (or wrong tee box)
From our Rules Chairman, Michelle Cunningham:
On our opening day of golf I stepped up to the 13 hole tee box and hit my tee shot. My playing partners were distracted and weren’t able to stop me in time to point out that I was in the red tee box. My helpful teammate pulled out her phone and was able to find under Rule 6.1.b
(2) Stroke Play. The player gets the general penalty (two penalty strokes) and must correct the mistake by playing a ball from inside the teeing area:
• The ball played from outside the teeing area is not in play.
• That stroke and any more strokes before the mistake is corrected (including strokes made and any penalty strokes solely from playing that ball) do not count.
• If the player does not correct the mistake before making a stroke to begin another hole or, for the final hole of the round, before returning his or her scorecard, the player is disqualified.