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Originally Posted by Tron_fdc
Other weird ones that I think I have right:
- ask for advice? That's a stroke
- move your ball without marking it? Stroke
- improperly mark your ball? stroke
- stand behind a player putting to get a read? Stroke
- player asks if you need their ball marked, you say no and then hit it? Stroke
- accidentally hit your ball when teeing it up? No problem, no stroke. Do it on the fairway though? Stroke.
- Hit into GUR and lose your ball? Free drop, no penalty!
Anyone else have any weird ones to share? I love hearing them.
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Asking for (and giving) advice is a 2-stroke penalty (or loss of hole in matchplay). Standing 'in or behind the line of play' falls under advice getting and is also a 2-stroke penalty/loss of hole.
The exceptions to this (not the line of play stuff) are where you have a playing partner (4-ball, alternate shot, etc.) where you can give and receive advice from your playing partner and their caddie or in team competitions where a Team Captain can give advice.
Also covered in this rule: Touching a player's bag; 2-stroke penalty/loss of hole. Looking into it and seeing what club isn't there? No penalty. 'You can look, but you can't touch'.
To add a quirk is that yardages and layout don't count as advice, but anything involving club selection or strategy is. So:
'There's a creek beyond that hill about 250 out'. General information, no penalty. 'Don't hit a driver, there's a creek beyond that hill.' Intended to influence club selection: 2 stroke penalty/loss of hole.