{"id":15547215,"date":"2024-08-13T06:53:05","date_gmt":"2024-08-13T10:53:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/golf.com\/?post_type=article&p=15547215"},"modified":"2024-08-13T13:11:15","modified_gmt":"2024-08-13T17:11:15","slug":"rules-guy-wrong-tees-correct-mistake-without-penalty","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/golf.com\/instruction\/rules\/rules-guy-wrong-tees-correct-mistake-without-penalty\/","title":{"rendered":"Rules Guy: If I play from the wrong tees, can I correct the mistake without penalty?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The\u00a0Rules of Golf\u00a0are tricky! Thankfully, we\u2019ve got the guru. Our\u00a0Rules Guy\u00a0knows the book front to back<\/a>. Got a question? He\u2019s got all the answers.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A four-ball match. Our opponents get to the tee ahead of us and hit. Inadvertently, I hit from the next box forward, which they duly noted. I rehit from the correct tees and played on, making a 5. Our opponents said my score was 7 for hitting from the wrong tees. Is that right? \u2014Dennis Derby, via email<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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Your opponents weren\u2019t obligated to tell you that you were about to play from the wrong tees, sportsmanship aside. Maybe they didn\u2019t realize until too late \u2026 or not. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Still, they confused the relevant rule for match play, Rule 6.1b(1), with the one for stroke play, Rule 6.1b(2). In this case in match play, the opponents get the choice of whether they want to cancel your stroke and require you to play from the correct tees; if they don\u2019t cancel, you just play out the hole, penalty-free, even from the wrong tees. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In stroke play, you indeed get a two-stroke penalty and are required to correct your mistake.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Rules Guy: Is it legal to move a tee marker if it’s affecting your swing?<\/a><\/blockquote>\n By:<\/span>\n \n \n Rules Guy <\/a>\n \n <\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n<\/section>\n\n\n

For more tee-related guidance from our guru, read on …<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On par 3s, some<\/strong>\u00a0players like to drop a ball in the teeing area, then roll it with their club until they find their ideal lie. But when is the ball actually in play?<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 Kurt Matthews, Denver, Colo.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You are looking for trouble, Kurt!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But there\u2019s none to be found since we\u2019re on the tee and the hole hasn\u2019t commenced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under Rule 6.2b, as well as the definition of \u201cin play,\u201d the ball isn\u2019t in play here until a stroke has been made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Need help unriddling the greens at your home course? Pick up a custom Green Book<\/a> from Golf Logix.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Got a question about the Rules? Ask the Rules Guy! Send your queries, confusions and comments to rulesguy@golf.com. We promise he won\u2019t throw the book at you.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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