penalty strokes??

[love2golf]

Maybe a stupid question.....but Is it a 2 stroke penalty no matter the situation? My friend got me thinking the other day. You add two strokes from the last shot you had, correct? i.e.......2nd shot goes o.b., you have to drop so you're hitting 4 at the drop

 

[Kilted Arab]

Maybe a stupid question.....but Is it a 2 stroke penalty no matter the situation? My friend got me thinking the other day. You add two strokes from the last shot you had, correct? i.e.......2nd shot goes o.b., you have to drop so you're hitting 4 at the drop

That's not really a 2-stroke penalty...

Shot 1 - goes in fairway
Shot 2 - goes ob
Shot 3 - penalty
Shot 4 - rehit


So, in effect, you have hit the ball 3 times, but played 4 shots.

 

[love2golf]

okay, so should you be hitting 5? or is it just a 1 stroke penalty? I always hear "2 stroke penalty". I'm confused now....not that I wasnt before I guess.

 

[Kilted Arab]

okay, so should you be hitting 5? or is it just a 1 stroke penalty? I always hear "2 stroke penalty". I'm confused now....not that I wasnt before I guess.

No, you shouldn't be hitting 5...i think the "ok, now i'm playing four...but i've only hit two" confuses people.

It's like if your drive goes o.b. - you tee up again and are then hitting your third shot - mentally it feels like a two shot penalty, but in reality it isnt.

 

[Silver]

you shouldn't be dropping where it went out, but rather where you hit it from but with a one stroke penalty - this is referred to as "stroke and distance"

the stroke is the penalty
distance is the return to where the shot was taken from

 

[Kilted Arab]

Think "stroke and distance" for o.b or lost balls. you go back to where you originally hit and add a stroke.


As opposed to a lateral hazard where you drop at point of entry - not from where you hit the original stroke. Still add a penalty stroke, though..

 

[Kilted Arab]

you shouldn't be dropping where it went out, but rather where you hit it from but with a one stroke penalty - this is referred to as "stroke and distance"

the stroke is the penalty
distance is the return to where the shot was taken from

Great minds..!

 

[spankdoggie]

Hi Kilt------

 

[love2golf]

Thanks guys, I think I got it now. Add a stroke no matter what, o.b. or lost re hit from original spot, lateral hazard (so water off to the right but still 150 down the fairway is a lateral hazard?) drop where it went out

 

[Kilted Arab]

Thanks guys, I think I got it now. Add a stroke no matter what, o.b. or lost re hit from original spot, lateral hazard (so water off to the right but still 150 down the fairway is a lateral hazard?) drop where it went out

Look at the colour of the stakes...here, red = lateral hazard...drop at point of entry. white = ob...stroke and distance....

 

[Dave Ireland]

Look at the colour of the stakes...here, red = lateral hazard...drop at point of entry. white = ob...stroke and distance....

Now explain the penalty drop and options at yellow stake hazards please

 

[Kilted Arab]

Now explain the penalty drop and options at yellow stake hazards please

Since when were you bothered about the rules??

 

[Dave Ireland]

Ya can't get penalised for yer dress sense ..... naw I was just wondering under what rule you were entitled to fling yer ball out of the hazard on 16# in Portstewart ? ...

 

[Kilted Arab]

Flippancy aside, yellow stakes mark a "water hazard", whereas a "lateral water hazard" will be marked by red stakes.

For a lateral water hazard, as Van Der Velde demonstrated, a player may play the ball as it lies, but cannot ground (or water!) his club before playing the stroke.

Rule 26 of the R&A Rules of Golf covers water hazards and lateral water hazards - i'm sure you have your copy at hand for easy reference!

 

[Kilted Arab]

Ya can't get penalised for yer dress sense ..... naw I was just wondering under what rule you were entitled to fling yer ball out of the hazard on 16# in Portstewart ? ...

Ha!

I wasn't so much flinging it out the water, I was flinging at you, you cheeky bar steward.