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Q.
What are your options if you hit your ball off the green and into a Yellow Penalty Area after a putt at your ball on the green?
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You can play the ball as it lies,
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You can place your ball back on the estimated spot where you hit the original for a penalty of one stroke,
OR
The player may drop the original ball or another ball (see Rule 14.3) in a relief area (one club-length) that is based on a reference line going straight back from the hole through the estimated point where the original ball last crossed the edge of the penalty area:
Reference Point: A point on the course chosen by the player that is on the reference line and is farther from the hole than the estimated point (with no limit on how far back on the line):
In choosing this reference point, the player should indicate the point by using an object (such as a tee).
If the player drops the ball without having chosen this point, the reference point is treated as being the point on the line that is the same distance from the hole as where the dropped ball first touched the ground.
Rule 17.1d
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