In stroke play a player played from OUTSIDE the teeing area and hit the ball out of bounds. They go to correct the mistake by playing a ball from the correct teeing area. What is the ruling? Will their next shot be their third, fourth or fifth shot?
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Answer The player only gets two penalty strokes and the next stroke from the tee will be their third. The ball played from outside the teeing area was not in play, so the fact that it came to rest out of bounds was irrelevant. (Rule 6.1b)
