68 Rule 6 6.4d When Player Takes Relief or Will Play Provisional Ball from Anywhere Except Teeing Area The order of play under Rules 6.4a(1) and 6.4b(1) in these two cases is: (1) Taking Relief to Play Ball from a Different Place Than Where It Lies. • When Player Becomes Aware That They Are Required to Take Stroke-andDistance Relief. The player’s order of play is based on the spot where their previous stroke was made. • When Player Has Choice to Play Ball as It Lies or Take Relief. » The player’s order of play is based on the spot where the original ball lies (which if not known must be estimated) (see Rule 14.2). » This applies even when the player has already decided to take stroke-anddistance relief or to take relief to play from a different place than where the original ball lies (such as when the original ball is in a penalty area or will be treated as unplayable). (2) Playing Provisional Ball. The order of play is for the player to play the provisional ball right after making the previous stroke and before anyone else plays a ball, except: • When starting a hole from the teeing area (see Rule 6.4c), or • When the player waits before deciding to play a provisional ball (in which case the player’s order of play, once they have decided to play a provisional ball, is based on the spot where the previous stroke was made). 6.5 Completing Play of a Hole A player has completed a hole: • In match play, when: » The player holes out or the player’s next stroke is conceded, or » The result of the hole is decided (such as when the opponent concedes the hole, the opponent’s score for the hole is lower than the player possibly could make or the player or opponent gets the general penalty (loss of hole)). • In stroke play, when the player holes out under Rule 3.3c. If a player does not know that they have completed a hole and attempts to continue play of the hole, the player’s further play is not considered to be practice nor do they get a penalty for playing another ball, including a wrong ball. See Rules 21.1b(1), 21.2b(1), 21.3b(1) and 23.3c (when a player has completed a hole in other forms of stroke play or in Four-Ball).
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