What’s the Ruling?
Golf rules guides

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Describe what happened, then open a clear guide to the penalty, procedure and next step.

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Lost ball

What to do when your golf ball is lost

Search time, provisional balls and the stroke-and-distance procedure.

Out of bounds

Golf ball out of bounds: penalty and next steps

The boundary test, stroke and distance, and the Local Rule alternative.