If your golf ball ends up in a water hazard is that a two stroke penalty?

Answer 1

Depends on your idea of a two stroke penalty. The penalty for hitting the ball in the water is 2 strokes added to what you just hit. For instance if your drive ends up in the water you will be hitting 3 from the drop area or tee it up again (depends on color of stakes) (red you can drop it or try and hit it out or tee it up again white you have to tee it up again). The drop area should be labeled by the water hazard. If not drop it in line with where the ball went out.

Answer 2

If a ball is in or is lost in a water hazard (whether the ball lies in water or not), the player may under penalty of one stroke:

(a) Play a ball as nearly as possible at the spot from which the original ball was last played

(b) Drop a ball behind the water hazard, keeping the point at which the original ball last crossed the margin of the water hazard directly between the hole and the spot on which the ball is dropped, with no limit to how far behind the water hazard the ball may be dropped

(c) As additional options available only if the ball last crossed the margin of a lateral water hazard, drop a ball outside the water hazard within two club-lengths of and not nearer the hole than (i) the point where the original ball last crossed the margin of the water hazard or (ii) a point on the opposite margin of the water hazard equidistant from the hole.

The ball may be lifted and cleaned when proceeding under this Rule.

Answer 3

Jamon has it right. He copied straight from the rules of golf, so he can't be wrong!

Just for clarification, if the point where the ball crossed the hazard has yellow stakes, it is a water hazard. Your only options are (a) and (b).

Option (c) is available only for lateral hazards. You can recognize a lateral hazard by the red stakes.

If the stakes are white, then your ball is out of bounds, so stroke and distance is your only option.

The only times when a stroke and distance penalty is the ONLY option are when you are out of bounds or your ball is lost.

Answer 4

Only a one stroke penalty. Say you hit the ball in the water. You drop a ball and you continue. You are now on you third stroke. One in and two out.

Answer 5

Typically its a stroke and distance penalty meaning you take one penalty stroke for hitting it in the water and you then have to re-hit where your ball original lay.

Ex. You tee off and your ball go in the lake. one stroke for the drive, one stroke for the hazard, and now you are hitting your third shot again from the tee.

Here are some common penalties in the game of golf.

Answer 6

Just remember it's one in one out. If you tee shot goes in (1) one out (2) you will be hitting three(3). And it's point of entry or go back as far as you want.

Answer 7

Yezer

Answer 8

In essence yes. your first shot counts as one, the drop counts as the second .....You are hitting your third shot.

Answer 9

yeah