Penalty area

July 1st, 2026

Rules Review: My ball ‘might’ be in a pond, but I can’t find it. Can I just take a drop, add a penalty stroke and move on?

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August 21st, 2025

Rules Review: He took the penalty but dropped in the wrong place. Now what?

Rule 14 helps you find out what should happen to that guy you saw attempt to take a penalty drop but didn’t get it exactly right.

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April 25th, 2024

Rules Review: How can I possibly know ‘exactly’ where my ball crossed into a penalty area?

Here is what the Rules says about it – and the good news is you get some benefit of the doubt.

March 26th, 2024

Rules: Relief For A Price

Your ball is in a penalty area again. Here are your options

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March 21st, 2024

Does golf’s dropping procedure need an overhaul?

It seems the game has dropped the ball in the metaphorical sense when it comes to the simple deed of dropping the ball.

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November 24th, 2023

Rules Review: My ball is in a penalty area, so what are my options for taking a drop?

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September 13th, 2023

Rules Review: Can you hit a provisional ball after hitting a shot into a penalty area?

Hitting a provisional is not an option if a ball is known or virtually certain to be in a penalty area.

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September 2nd, 2023

Rules Review: My playing companion took a generous drop after hitting into a penalty area. Can he be DQ’d for that?

It happened to Cameron Smith in one of his final starts on the PGA Tour.

October 29th, 2021

WATCH: Patrick Reed hits into penalty area, holes out next shot for eagle from cartpath, tips cap accordingly

For once, a rules situation involving Patrick Reed went incredibly smoothly.

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T87	Dylan Frittelli	E	-	2
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T108	Yuto Katsuragawa	+1	-	2
T108	Seungbin Choi	+1	-	2
T108	Pi Coody	+1	-	2
T125	Jake Knapp	+2	F	2
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T125	Dylan Naidoo	+2	18*	2
T125	Frederic LaCroix	+2	7*	2
T125	Kristoffer Reitan	+2	3	2
T125	Aaron Rai	+2	2	2
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T125	Yurav Premlall	+2	2*	2
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T141	Padraig Harrington	+5	5	2
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T146	Matthieu Pavon	+6	F	2
T146	Austin Smotherman	+6	F	2
T146	Martin Couvra	+6	7	2
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154	Baekjun Kim	+9	F	2
155	Taehoon Ok	+10	F	2
156	Freddy Schott	+13	F	2

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50	Minkyu Kim	+12	18	4
51	Graeme McDowell	+13	18	4
52	Adrian Meronk	+14	18	4
53	Richard Bland	+16	18	4
54	Bjorn Hellgren	+17	18	4
55	Josele Ballester	+18	18	4
56	Yosuke Asaji	+22	18	4
	Wade Ormsby		18	4
	Louis Oosthuizen	+3		3

Penalty area

Rules Review: My ball ‘might’ be in a pond, but I can’t find it. Can I just take a drop, add a penalty stroke and move on?

Rules Review: He took the penalty but dropped in the wrong place. Now what?

Rules Review: How can I possibly know ‘exactly’ where my ball crossed into a penalty area?

Rules: Relief For A Price

Does golf’s dropping procedure need an overhaul?

Rules Review: My ball is in a penalty area, so what are my options for taking a drop?

Rules Review: Can you hit a provisional ball after hitting a shot into a penalty area?

Rules Review: My playing companion took a generous drop after hitting into a penalty area. Can he be DQ’d for that?

WATCH: Patrick Reed hits into penalty area, holes out next shot for eagle from cartpath, tips cap accordingly

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