rulie
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The Rules define five areas of the course - the general area, bunkers, penalty areas, teeing area and putting green. Those are the only "areas" that are considered in the Rules. The general area is any part of the course that is not a bunker, the putting green, a penalty area or the teeing area. Exception 2 of Rule 9.3 (above) says that if natural forces cause a replaced, dropped or placed ball to move and the ball comes to rest in a different area of the course (eg, from general area to penalty area), the player must replace the ball on the spot where it came to rest after being replaced, dropped or placed. This Exception is referred to as the Rickie Fowler Rule - implemented because the Ruling Bodies did not like the outcome of a situation that happened to Fowler a couple of years ago.
When a ball is out of bounds, the Rules require the player to play from where he made his last stroke, with a one stroke penalty.
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