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Rule 13: Putting Greens

Purpose of Rule: Rule 13

Did you know that because putting greens are specially prepared for playing the ball along the ground and there is a flagstick for the hole on each putting green, certain different Rules apply than for other areas of the course? Watch as AGA Executive Director Joe Foley discusses what to do, and what not to do, when on the putting green.

Rule 17 - Penalty Areas - Red & Yellow

Purpose of Rule: Rule 17 is a specific Rule for penalty areas, which are bodies of water or other areas defined by the Committee where a ball is often lost or unable to be played. For one penalty stroke, players may use specific relief options to play a ball from outside the penalty area.

Local Rule: E-5 Alternative to Stoke and Distance

If a ball is lost or out of bounds, as an alternative to stroke-and-distance relief, Model Local Rule E-5 may be used. For instance, a player may drop a ball within two club-lengths, but not nearer the hole, of the nearest edge of the fairway at an equal distance from the hole to where the ball was believed to be lost or went out of bounds and add two penalty strokes.

This Local Rule may not be used:

1) if a provisional ball is in play, or

2) for a ball in a penalty area, or

3) for an unplayable