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Ball in Play

Ball in Play

Ball in Play

Any players’ ball from the time the player takes a stroke to tee the ball off, to the time it is sunk into the hole. A ball goes out of play when it is out of bounds, picked up or lost (Kelley, About.com). When one ball is replaced with another, the first is out of play.

The Rules of Golf detail what a player can do with a ball that is in play — and the penalties incurred by doing what shouldn’t be done — so it’s important to know when a ball is in play, so that the rules aren’t broken by, say, picking the ball up.

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