Rule of the Month June 1, 2016 Stand Your Ground Parts of the Course: Teeing Ground As we break down the parts of the course in the next few articles, we thought it only fitting to begin with the Teeing Ground. This very small portion of the course it has its own Rule (Rule 11) and affords the player a few extra liberties as well as prohibitions. Questions: True / False 1. The entire ball must be within the teeing ground when making a stroke. 2. The depth of the teeing ground is the same for every player. 3. In match play, the penalty for playing from outside the teeing ground is loss of hole. 4. In stroke play, there is a two-stroke penalty for playing from outside the teeing ground when starting the hole. 5. If a tee-marker interferes with the stance of the player he may move it provided he replaces it prior to any other competitor playing from the teeing ground. 6. A player may improve the lie of her ball within the teeing ground by pressing down grass immediately behind or in front of her ball. 7. If a player swings and misses a teed ball, he may re-tee it elsewhere within the teeing ground without penalty. 8. The player’s first stroke from a teeing ground comes to rest out of bounds. She is required to drop a ball within the teeing ground under penalty of one stroke. 9. The teeing ground of the hole being played is the only teeing ground on the course that is not considered a part of the course referred to as “through the green”. 10. A ball is put into play by a stroke but is just knocked off the tee. The ball still lies within the teeing ground. The player is not allowed to create or eliminate any irregularities of surface within the teeing ground since the ball is in play. OGA Senior Rules Officials: Pete Scholz and Terry McEvilly .