It’s always a tricky moment. You’ve hit a poor shot and it has hurtled towards out of bounds or has hopped into an area that looks pretty ugly. The chance of you ever seeing the ball again are ...

A ball being out of bounds is an absolute penalty. There is no gray area. The ball is OB, and a penalty stroke is assessed along with having to hit the ball from again from the previous spot.

Rules Guy isn’t being philosophical or mealy-mouthed; there’s a Model Local Rule (A-5) that would treat a ball that crosses a boundary as out of bounds even if it comes to rest on another part ...

You treat the ball as lost and proceed under (ball lost or out of bounds). You must take stroke-and-distance relief, which means replaying from where you last played (with a new ball) and adding a ...