Rule 11. Teeing Ground
Definition
The “teeing ground’’ is the starting place for the hole to be played. It
is a rectangular area two club-lengths in depth, the front and the sides of
which are defined by the outside limits of two tee-markers. A ball is
outside the teeing ground when all of it lies outside the teeing ground.
11-1. Teeing
In teeing, the ball may be placed on the ground, on an irregularity of
surface created by the player on the ground or on a tee, sand or other
substance in order to raise it off the ground.
A player may stand outside the teeing ground to play a ball within it.
11-2. Tee-Markers
Before a player plays his first stroke with any ball from the teeing
ground of the hole being played, the tee-markers are deemed to be fixed. In
such circumstances, if the player moves or allows to be moved a tee-marker
for the purpose of avoiding interference with his stance, the area of his
intended swing or his line of play, he shall incur the penalty for a breach
of Rule 13-2.
11-3. Ball Falling Off Tee
If a ball, when not in play, falls off a tee or is knocked off a tee by
the player in addressing it, it may be re-teed without penalty, but if a
stroke is made at the ball in these circumstances, whether the ball is
moving or not, the stroke counts but no penalty is incurred.
11-4. Playing from Outside Teeing Ground
a. Match Play
If a player, when starting a hole, plays a ball from outside the teeing
ground, the opponent may immediately require the player to cancel the stroke
so played and play a ball from within the teeing ground, without penalty.
b. Stroke Play
If a competitor, when starting a hole, plays a ball from outside the
teeing ground, he shall incur a penalty of two strokes and shall then play a
ball from within the teeing ground.
If the competitor plays a stroke from the next teeing ground without
first correcting his mistake or, in the case of the last hole of the round,
leaves the putting green without first declaring his intention to correct
his mistake, he shall be disqualified
The stroke from outside the teeing ground and any subsequent strokes by
the competitor on the hole prior to his correction of the mistake do not
count in his score.
11-5. Playing from Wrong Teeing Ground
The provisions of Rule 11-4 apply.
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