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Last Updated: Oct 31, 2023

Golf Score Terms: Out of Bounds

Marked with white stakes, out-of-bounds areas on the course require the golfer to re-hit and add 2 penalty strokes to their score.

Written By: Zach Gollwitzer

Posted in: Golf Score Terms

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definition

Marked with white stakes, out-of-bounds areas on the course require the golfer to re-hit and add 2 penalty strokes to their score.

how it's used in a sentence

I sliced it out-of-bounds on the last hole and had to take penalty strokes.

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