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{"status":"advice","headline":"NO PENALTY | You may be able to cancel the stroke","action":"If this is match play, there is no penalty just because your opponent played from outside the teeing area. But you may promptly require them to cancel that stroke and play again from inside the teeing area.","rule":"Rules of Golf by the R&A and USGA; no verified course-specific Local Rules were provided.","rule_code":"Rule 6.1b","rule_title":"Starting a Hole","rule_summary":"In match play, if a player starts a hole from outside the teeing area, there is no penalty, but the opponent may cancel the stroke and require the player to replay from inside the teeing area. The cancellation must be done promptly and before either player makes another stroke.","penalty_strokes":0,"situation":"Your opponent played their tee shot from outside the designated teeing area, apparently unintentionally.","options":[{"id":"match_play_cancel","text":"You promptly cancel the stroke","penalty":0,"procedure":"Your opponent must play again from within the teeing area."},{"id":"match_play_accept","text":"You do not promptly cancel the stroke","penalty":0,"procedure":"The stroke counts and the ball is played as it lies."}],"suggestion":"If you want the stroke canceled, say so immediately before anyone plays another shot.","procedure":"Confirm the tee markers for that hole. If you choose to cancel, tell your opponent promptly and have them replay from inside the teeing area.","branches":[],"clarifying_question":null,"answer_options":[],"clarifying_questions":[],"disclaimer":"Grounded in the Rules of Golf – the final ruling always belongs to the people on the course: your group, a referee, or the Committee.","rules_basis":"R_AND_A_USGA"}