Rule x 235 Definitions Stroke and Distance The procedure and penalty when a player takes relief under Rule 17, 18 or 19 by playing a ball from where the previous stroke was made (see Rule 14.6). The term stroke and distance means that the player both: • Gets one penalty stroke, and • Loses the benefit of any gain of distance towards the hole from the spot where the previous stroke was made. Stroke Play A form of play where a player or side competes against all other players or sides in the competition. In the regular form of stroke play (see Rule 3.3): • A player’s or side’s score for a round is the total number of strokes (including strokes made and any penalty strokes) to hole out on each hole, and • The winner is the player or side who completes all rounds in the fewest total strokes. Other forms of stroke play with different scoring methods are Stableford, Maximum Score and Par/Bogey (see Rule 21). All forms of stroke play can be played either in individual competitions (each player competing on their own) or in competitions involving sides of partners (Foursomes or Four-Ball). Substitute To change the ball the player is using to play a hole by having another ball become the ball in play. Another ball has been substituted when that ball has been put in play in any way (see Rule 14.4) to take the place of the original ball, whether the original ball was: • In play, or • No longer in play because it had been lifted from the course or was lost or out of bounds. A substituted ball is the player’s ball in play even if: • It was replaced, dropped or placed in a wrong way or wrong place, or • The player was required under the Rules to put the original ball back in play rather than to substitute another ball.
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