Penalty stroke
Where a golfer has to add an extra stroke to their score if they have violated the rules.
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Penalty: Stroke(s) assessed when a ball is hit into a specific area either on (water hazard) or off (out of bounds) the course. Penalties may also be assessed for specific violations as defined by the Rules of Golf.
penalty stroke-- An extra stroke added to a player's score for violating one of the official rules of golf.
persimmon-- A type of wood used to construct clubheads.
Penalty
In strokeplay, a rule infringement usually costs two strokes; in matchplay, the hole is generally lost.
Pin
Informal name for the flagstick in the hole.
penalty stroke A stroke added to a player's score for a violation of the rules.
PGA Professional Golfers Association.
pin See "flag".
Penalty Stroke
A 'penalty stroke'' is one added to the score of a player or side under certain Rules. In a threesome or foursome, penalty strokes do not affect the order of play.
penalty Extra stroke or strokes assessed for specific violations of USGA Official Rules of Golf during stroke play. In match play, the penalty may be loss of the hole.
Penalty Stroke
A stroke added to a player's score due to a rule infringement, taking relief from a hazard or an unplayable lie.
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No Penalty: Free Drop Shots coming to rest in the conditions listed here are beyond your control and therefore do not result in penalties. If you find yourself in these situations you may a) hit the ball as it lies or b) seek relief, ...
Penalty
One or two shots added to the gross score for infringement of the rules.
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PENALTY (submitted by: tiger101)
A shot added to your score on the hole for going out of bounds, moving the ball, or losing the ball, etc.
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PENALTY STROKE - an additional stroke which is added to a golfers score for a rules violation, going out of bounds, losing a ball, or various other situations.
PIN - this is the flagstick or the pole that is in the cup.
Penalty stroke - a stroke that is added to a player's score for breaking a rule, missing a mandatory, a water hazard, landing OB, etc. Ex: On the tee shot, player throws out of bounds.
penalty
Punitive stroke(s) assessed for hitting into hazards or for violating certain golfing rules.
Calling a Penalty?
Jose, from Mexico City, asked about calling a penalty.
Thanks Jose, for your important question.
General Penalty Stroke Play
Q. What is the general penalty in stroke play?
Add one stroke penalty to your score if you and your teammate both hit the ball out of bounds, in a water hazard or lose your ball.
You must not to touch or move it. It must be played from wherever it lands. If the ball lands in one of the hazards the golf player may take it out or use a new ball but then gets an extra stroke as a penalty.
a drop where no penalty stroke is incurred
Fried-egg
A ball half-buried in the sand ...
8) You may without penalty pick the ball up and drop it outside the area, within one-club-length of the nearest point of relief which is not nearer the hole.
(The ball moved after he addressed it, resulting a one-stroke penalty). Aiming The act of aligning the clubface to the target. (She had a problem aiming the club properly all day and missed several shots to the right of her target).
A player may lift his ball from casual water without penalty. Centre Shafted Putter in which the shaft is joined to the centre of the head. Charge To surge from behind and display superior play. Also to play or putt aggressively.
pace of play time taken to play a stroke, hole or round, usually thought of in terms of maximum allowable time with an associated penalty for exceeding that time; covered by rule 6-7 of the USGA Rule book ...
Gross - The total number of strokes taken to go around the golf course, including penalty strokes
Ground under repair - Ground marker unfit for play, any material piled for removal
Half - A hole completed in the same score, a tie match ...
A player may lift his ball from casual water without penalty.
Cavity back iron - an investment cast iron head that has extra weight in the heel, toe and sole ...
If the ball moves once a player has addressed the ball, there is a one-stroke penalty.
Aggregate
Refers to a score made over more than one round of play, or by two or more players playing as partners.
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If they don't replace their ball, by the golf rule book, this would be a two stroke penalty on the golfer that you had asked to move their ball.
" There is no penalty and the ball is played as it lies.
If your ball hits you, your partner, your caddie, or your equipment in match play you lose the hole. In stroke play, you are penalized two strokes and you must play your ball as it lies.
It will be a penalty stroke if your putt hits the flagstick.
If your ball hits another ball and moves it, you must play your ball as it lies. The owner of the other ball must put his or her ball back where it was.
Disqualification -The penalty for a rules infraction, in which the player is removed from the competition (for example, for signing an incorrect scorecard or cheating on the score).
Divot -'turf displaced by player's club when making a swing.
Sees no problem in moving his/her ball a few inches or feet to "get a better lie" when such a move is not allowed for by the rules, and he/she does not count any penalty for doing so.
Grounding the club is a PENALTY
Determine distance to the hole
Take a slightly open stance
Play ball in center of stance
Address a spot 1 to 2 inches behind the ball ...
A cart path is an immovable obstruction from which you can take relief without penalty. However, there may be times when the nearest point of relief may be worse than the cart path itself.
There are few circumstances in which it is acceptable to move a ball from its position without incurring a stroke penalty. There are, however, two notable exceptions.
If your ball is in casual water, ground under repair or, except in a water hazard, a hole, cast or runway made by a burrowing animal, you may drop without penalty within one club-length of the nearest point of relief not nearer the hole, ...
Finding a lost ball: if you hit a shot into the woods and you suspect that the ball may be lost, you can play a second (provisional) ball according to the Rules of Golf (with one stroke of penalty).
In either case a one stroke penalty is awarded to that player. A ball is said to have moved if it does not return to its original position once it has been at rest.
Under the Leith rules you could lift the ball, much as you can today, but under the Brunonian rules, you could not and you had to play round or you risked a penalty on hitting the other ball.
There is no penalty for playing a provisional ball if the original is found. If the provisional is played, the player must take a stroke for the original shot as well as one stroke penalty for the lost or out of bounds ball. See USGA Rule 27-2.
Difficulty is determined by the course rating system in the U.S Penalty Stroke A stroke added to a players score for a hole or a round under the penalty clauses in the Rules of Golf; i.e. lost ball, out of bounds, accidentally moved, etc.
Free drop - Ball dropped without penalty away from an immovable obstruction,
or in other circumstances in accordance with the Rules of Golf.
Front nine - These are the first nine holes of an eighteen hole golf course.
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If your ball moves after you have addressed it, but settles back into it's original position, you do not have to take a penalty stroke.
Moveable Obstructions...
If you hit a shot and you lose it, you must go back to the original spot where you played the shot from, take a new ball, drop the ball at arms length for a penalty of one stroke and proceed to carry on from there counting the original stroke and ...
Players are always counting number of putts, greens in regulation, and penalty strokes to evaluate their score, eliminating lost ball penalties is a way to improve your score without changing your swing or putting stroke, and you will play faster! ...
Similar to a mulligan where a player is allowed a second shot without penalty but is allowed to choose which ball to play the first one or the second one
Short game
the part of the game that is made up of chip shots pitching and putting ...
free drop-- A drop where no penalty stroke is charged.
fried-egg-- A lie in a bunker in which a good portion of the ball is buried in the sand.
The custom of hitting a second ball-without penalty-on a hole, usually the first tee.
Off-Green Putting
When a player elects to putt from off the green rather than chip.
Unplayable lie---a situation where the player has determined that his/her ball cannot be played and opts to take a penalty stroke to move it within two club lengths no closer to the hole.
As a rugby player, what's the one thing you'd like to go back and do differently?
'Kick the penalty against England in the 1991 Rugby World Cup semifinal' [England won 9-6].
Who's the greatest golfer ever?
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Ground Under Repair: Areas of the course under repair. Balls may be removed from them without penalty.
Grounding the Club: To place the club on the ground prior to striking the ball when addressing it.
Chris clarified to both that because the ball is (not lost) and playable and on the cart path, relief may be taken without penalty. In this case the player is allowed 1 club length relief.
Permission to lift and place the ball without penalty.
rinky-dink golf
(Informal) Miniature golf (US).
Good tip with one item I might add. Do not ever decelerate the club; a double hit (2-stroke penalty) usually results.
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Preferred Lies : A local rule under which a player can improve his lie without penalty. Example: The course was still so wet from the spring thaw that we had to play preferred lies for the Men's opening tournament.
If competing, you are generally allowed a maximum of 14 clubs in your bag. (Golfer Ian Woosnam incurred a two shot penalty after having 15 clubs in his bag at the British Open in 2001).
Improving the Lie: Moving or changing the position of one’s ball to make it easier to hit. The penalty for improving the lie of a ball is one stroke added to your score.
If a stroke is taken with the golf ball teed in front of the straight line between the markers, it is a one stroke penalty and loss of that stroke.
Address
The act of taking a stance and placing the clubhead behind the ball. If the ball moves once a player has addressed the ball, there is a one-stroke penalty.
Out-of-bounds: It is the area designated as being outside the boundaries of the course. When a shot lands "O.B." the player must hit another shot from the original spot. A one-stroke penalty is assessed in this situation.
 See also: Penal, Golf, Hole, Stroke, Shot
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