Does anyone know what, if any penalty there is by hitting your tee shot in front of the tee box markers?

Thanks!

Rule 11-4

<h5 class="gray">11-4. Playing from Outside Teeing Ground</h5> a. Match Play

If a player, when starting a hole, plays a ball from outside the teeing ground, there is no penalty, but the opponent may immediately require the player to cancel the stroke and play a ball from within the teeing ground.

b. Stroke Play

If a competitor, when starting a hole, plays a ball from outside the teeing ground, he incurs a penalty of two strokes and must then play a ball from within the teeing ground.

If the competitor makes a stroke from the next teeing ground without first correcting his mistake or, in the case of the last hole of the round, leaves the putting green without first declaring his intention to correct his mistake, he is disqualified.

The stroke from outside the teeing ground and any subsequent strokes by the competitor on the hole prior to his correction of the mistake do not count in his score.


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Thanks very much!

I once mindlessly hit a tee shot from the blue tees one a hole when I was playing the whites (my playing companion was playing the blues). I realized it immediately, but it killed me to have to take a two shot penalty for having teed it up in a less favorable position than the whites provided.

I swore I'd never do that again. And I didn't, until my forecaddie suggested that I switch to the pro's tee on the 17th at Sawgrass. So I did it there, but at least that wasn't mindless. (And while in retrospect I'm glad I did it for the experience of it, I wouldn't have if my score through the first 16 holes was anything to be proud of. So I kind of got a reward for screwing up. Silver lining!)

Subsection G, paragraph 7:

If a player, when starting a hole, plays a ball from so far outside the teeing ground as to be considered well forward of the markers, there is no penalty, but the opponent may immediately require the player to wear a skirt for the remainder of the hole.

This is why I make sure to shave and wax before every round

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http://www.usga.org/Rule-Books/Rules-of-Go...-and-Decisions/

I did, and thank you for the link.