rive. Beautiful sound. Then the intestinal fist.
Your ball is sailing towards McDonald’s parking lot.
Last month, I saw a frozen student at 14 for what he felt like 20 minutes. He continued to look down the road as his title could reappear magically.
“Do I have a free fall?” He finally asked.
Hell no.
Here’s where the weekend players blow up their rounds
Most recreation players think that outside the borders is simply harsh tough. It is not. When your ball loses out of a penalty area or comes to rest outside the bounds, the rules require you to get relief in the stroke and distance-adding a penalty kick and repeating from the place where the previous blow was made.
Brutal reality: stroke in the brain and distance
Rule 18 covers relief under the punishment of the stroke and distance. When your ball is lost outside a penalty area or comes to rest outside the borders, the required game progress from the teeing area in the hole is broken; You need to resume that progress by playing again from where the previous blow is made.
An option. Add a penalty kick, reproduce from where you hit. Drive Rockets ob by tee? You’re hitting three of the same tee box. Assigned Access Cleanses the fence? March back and hit four.
A student of mine – a good player who could bomb him 280 directly in trouble – once argued with this rule. Finally, I said, “You’re not losing two shots. You’re buying insurance for a place you know.”
Everything clicked after that.
Know your boundaries
White shares. White lines. Outside the borders: all fields outside the edge of the course border as defined by the Committee. All areas within that skirt are on the borders. Your ball is only when it is completely beyond the boundary line – if any part touches the line or side of the course, you are good.
Stop giving a course shock by calling Ball OB when half of the ball sits legitimate.
Own provisions
If you think your ball may be out of bounds or that you may not find it, you can play a temporary ball to save time. You need to announce that you are playing a temporary ball before you do this.
Smart players strike provisions whenever there is a doubt. Tell your group: “I’m hitting a temporary ball.” Loudly. Quite clear.
Spend the notice? Welcome to the Nightmare rules no one wants.
Key Point: You can continue to play the temporary ball until you get to the place where you are likely to be your original. If you play temporarily from a place closer to the hole than that point, or if your original is confirmed lost or out of bounds, the provision automatically becomes your ball in the game.
Three minutes means three minutes
Lost: The status of a ball that is not found in three minutes after you or your kadi (or your partner or your partner) begins to search for it. The period after three minutes, your ball officially loses.
My advice: Look where the bad shots go. Select a landmark. Always hit a provision when trouble stays. After two minutes of searching, start planning your next movement instead of forming the search parties.
Local rules can save you
There is also an optional local rule (Local E-5 rule model) that provides an alternative to facilitating shock and distance when in effect. It is not used in most professional events, but many are approved for the daily game.
If it is in effect, for two penalty kicks, you can evaluate the place where your ball is lost or went out of bounds and then find the nearest end of the road that is no closer to the hole than the rated place.
You can throw a ball on the free road within two lengths of that road road club, or anywhere between there and the rated place, where your ball loses or went out of bounds.
Some courses provide relief-as a falling area or a penalty with two strokes near the place where your ball passed. Check the score card. Ask the pro shop before you go out. Don’t assume. Never improvise relief in the middle of the round.
Mental
That walk again to re-seated? Brutal but keeping disappointment will torture your entire round.
Here’s what works: Accept it happened. Focus on the next swing. Commit to better execution. Do not make up a mistake by pressing shots for the miracle recovery.
Strategic reality
The OB rules feel harsh because they are harsh. This severity compels strategic thinking about the risk of reward. Maybe that narrow narrow road with the OB right is not worth pulling out the driver.
Sometimes, boredom keeps you in the game. Excellent boring beats when brilliance finds the subdivision.
Next time you see problems, ask yourself: “What is the worst case if I play safe?” Usually beats the disaster assigned to become aggressive.
The OB rule is not punishing you. You are teaching you. Learn the lesson.
office You hit that OB – now what? A practical guide for golf rules outside the limits first appeared in MygolfSSS.
