Colin L
Tour Winner
You can take stroke and distance at any time from anywhere [Rule 18.1] and so you can do so right away if your ball is in a penalty area. If you know your ball is in a penalty area, you cannot play a provisional [Rule 18.3a].This has me confused…if I see my ball go into a red penalty area I cannot at that point immediately say that I am going to take stroke and distance and put another ball (not a provisional) in play. Or is it that I cannot at that point play a provisional…which I get.