Rules That May Change Your Score!!

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   A lot of people don't know the rules of golf and how some of you can benefit from this such as the red stake shown in the diagram. The red stake indicates that it is a lateral water hazard which means in your ball goes into the water you don't have to take one where you took the previous shot from you are aloud to take a drop from the nearest point of entry, you cant move it sideways but you can go back as far as you would like which means you gain more yardage so you wont loose to many strokes.

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The white stake is Out Of Bounds (OB) which means if your ball has gone beyond this point it is officially out of play and you will have to hit again, it is not like the red stakes where you can take a drop from the point of entry, you have to go back to the to where you took the previous shot.

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The staked tree rule is one of the best ruling to benefit a player, if you ball lands near a tree that is tied to a stake in the ground and the tree interferes with your swing which means hitting a leaf or branch. You are aloud to have a two club length drop, so you get your biggest club your driver, mark two club lengths to the side and back, this is the zone you can drop the ball into, if it bounces and goes past your marker twice, you are aloud to place the ball!!!