TEEING GROUND
11.Teeing Ground
If a player,when starting a hole,plays a ball from outside
the teeing ground ,the opponent ma immediately require
the player to cancel the stroke so played and playa ball from
within the teeing ground,without penalt .
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 an
subsequent strokes by the competitor on the hole prior to
his correction of the mistake do not count in his score.
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
irregularit 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 an 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 penalt
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
penalt ,but if a stroke is made at the ball in these
circumstances,whether the ball is moving or not,the
stroke counts but no penalt is incurred.
11-4. Playing from Outside Teeing Ground
a.Match play
b.Stroke play
11-5.Playing from Wrong Teeing Ground
The provisions of Rule 11-4 apply.