What determines when a player's ball is out of bounds?

What determines when a player's ball is out of bounds?

• A. Distance to closest stake
• B. Ball color
• C. Player's score
• D. The entire ball lies outside the inside line of the out of bounds stakes.

Answer: (D)

Out of bounds is decided by the ball’s position relative to the course boundary marked by OB stakes and lines. The key rule is that the ball is out of bounds only when the entire ball lies beyond the inside edge of those OB stakes. If any part of the ball remains on or inside that boundary line, it’s still in play. So the precise criterion is that the whole ball must be outside the inside line of the out-of-bounds stakes. Ball color, distance to a stake, or the player's score have no bearing on whether the ball is out of bounds.

Out of bounds is decided by the ball’s position relative to the course boundary marked by OB stakes and lines. The key rule is that the ball is out of bounds only when the entire ball lies beyond the inside edge of those OB stakes. If any part of the ball remains on or inside that boundary line, it’s still in play. So the precise criterion is that the whole ball must be outside the inside line of the out-of-bounds stakes. Ball color, distance to a stake, or the player's score have no bearing on whether the ball is out of bounds.