{"id":1540,"date":"2023-03-09T16:57:10","date_gmt":"2023-03-09T08:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mrvetsgolf.wordpress.com\/?page_id=1540"},"modified":"2025-07-11T08:05:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T08:05:11","slug":"lost-ball-or-out-of-bounds","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/margarethouse.com.au\/mrvets\/lost-ball-or-out-of-bounds\/","title":{"rendered":"Lost Ball or Out of Bounds Rule"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/margarethouse.com.au\/mrvets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/golfrules-724x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/margarethouse.com.au\/mrvets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/golfrules-724x1024.png 724w, https:\/\/margarethouse.com.au\/mrvets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/golfrules-212x300.png 212w, https:\/\/margarethouse.com.au\/mrvets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/golfrules-768x1086.png 768w, https:\/\/margarethouse.com.au\/mrvets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/golfrules-600x849.png 600w, https:\/\/margarethouse.com.au\/mrvets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/golfrules.png 794w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This rule applies at all CVGA sanctioned events. <br><br>The black line shows where your original ball went. It is out of bounds or lost.<br><br>Under the CVGA local rule you can follow the dotted line (where you and your partner agree that the ball would have ended up) and drop the ball (from knee height) on the fairway. You can now play your fourth shot from this point (assuming this was your tee shot, otherwise apply penalty of two shots).<br><br>The blue line shows a possible provisional shot (that you chose to do instead of using the above lost ball rule). You could be hitting your fourth shot from behind the tree. After hitting a provisional ball, you cannot then change your mind and apply the lost ball rule above.<br><br>It is clear that you would very seldom be advantaged from hitting a provisional ball. It also delays play when you hit a provisional ball, which we are trying to avoid.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Updated 11 July, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This rule applies at all CVGA sanctioned events. The black line shows where your original ball went. It is out of bounds or lost. Under the CVGA local rule you can follow the dotted line (where you and your partner agree that the ball would have ended up) and drop the ball (from knee height) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1540","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/margarethouse.com.au\/mrvets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/margarethouse.com.au\/mrvets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/margarethouse.com.au\/mrvets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/margarethouse.com.au\/mrvets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/margarethouse.com.au\/mrvets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1540"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/margarethouse.com.au\/mrvets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1540\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2452,"href":"https:\/\/margarethouse.com.au\/mrvets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1540\/revisions\/2452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/margarethouse.com.au\/mrvets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}