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Stroke And Distance: Penalty assessed for a ball hit out of bounds or for a lost ball. It involves going back to the spot of the original ball, hitting another ball from there and adding a penalty shot to the score.

 


Stroke and Distance
The penalty of one stroke and the return to the site of the shot before, when a ball is unplayable.
Stroke Index ...

Stroke and Distance
A penalty in which the golfer is penalized a stroke and has to play the shot again, thus is also penalized the distance the first ball was hit.
Stroke Competitions ...

stroke and distance

Penalty given for losing or hitting a ball out of bounds. A player must hit a ball again from the previous spot and add a penalty shot to the scorecard.

stroke and distance (also "2-stroke penalty") counting one stroke for the stroke itself and one stroke for the distance travelled by the ball (meaning the ball must be replayed from the original point) ...

stroke and distance. You are allowed 5 minutes to search for a ball, after which if it is not found or identified it is lost.

When a ball is hit into either type of hazard, the player has the option of either playing the ball as it lies (without grounding his or her club in the hazard, taking a stroke and distance penalty, ...

A player is penalized stroke and distance. The golfer must replay the shot with a penalty of one stroke. Example: a golfer hits his first drive out of bounds, he must re-tee another ball and is playing his 3rd shot from that point.

ord=Math.random()*10000000000000000; is off normal course property. The penalty for OB is stroke and distance. The player must return to the spot where the original ball was played, hit another shot from there and add a penalty stroke to his score.

", the player "loses stroke and distance," meaning that he/she must hit another shot from the original spot and is assessed a one-stroke penalty. Out-of-bounds areas are usually indicated by white posts.

the area outside of the course in which play is prohibited a player is penalized stroke and distance that is he must replay the shot with a penalty of one stroke
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Leaf-Rule: A rule, not recognized by the USGA, in which players agree that if a ball is lost in leaves, it is not treated as a lost ball (stroke and distance penalty.) This "rule" is common in certain climates (and times of the year) in which ...

O.B. / Out of Bounds. The area lying outside of the defined golf course. A player is penalized stroke and distance, so they must replay the shot with a penalty of one stroke.
Offset - A club with the head set behind the shaft.

1... Take your drop as nearly as possible from where you played the last stroke. This is the classic "stroke and distance" penalty. Note: If you hit from the tee box, you may tee it up again on the tee box.

Area outside the boundaries of the course, usually marked with white
posts. When a ball finishes "O.B.," the player must return to the
original spot and play another ball under penalty of one stroke.
He or she thus loses stroke and distance.

stance---the feet aim to the left of the intended target.
Out-of-bounds---the areas that are not part of the course, usually marked with white stakes. You are not allowed to play any ball that is OB, the penalties being stroke and distance.

Is ignorant of, or routinely ignores, most basic rules of golf (such as not grounding the sand wedge in a bunker, or the stroke and distance penalty for a tee shot out of bounds).

See also: Hole, Stroke, Penal, Penalty, Golf