There are some basic rules a lot of players get confused about.  I’d like to try to make it simpler to understand.

1. Out of bounds. Like in other sports golf has an Out of Bounds rule. The part of the course that you can’t play on. It is defined by white stakes or posts and sometimes white painted lines. The rules are simple. If you hit a ball outside the white stakes, you must replay the shot with a one stroke penalty. 

2. Penalty Areas. This is an area which relief with a one stroke penalty is allowed if the players ball comes to rest there. There are two different types of penalty areas, distinguished by the color used to mark them: yellow penalty areas (marked with yellow lines or stakes) or red penalty areas (marked with red lines or stakes). 

You can always try to play a ball out of a penalty area just as it lies. If that’s not an option, you can take stroke and distance relief and go back to where you hit the previous shot and take a one stroke penalty. 

The second option is called back on the line relief. You may use the reference point where your ball went into the penalty area and go back on the “line’ up to where your original ball was hit and drop a ball there. One shot penalty applies there too. 

The penalty area marked with red stakes gives you a third option. If your ball crossed into the penalty area and you can’t play it, you can drop the ball up to two club lengths from the red line or stakes. Again, one shot penalty.

Last week I bet on the US Women’s Open out at Pebble Beach. I had a $51 profit from my Rickie Fowler victory, so I bet on Draft Kings a 6 women team. 

I had said I liked Rose Zhang, Yuka Saso and Long shot Alison Corpuz. Well, my buddies who read the column said I don’t even know these women. 

I added three others for a $15 entry and got back $70 on that team, profiting $55. Being that Zhang and Saso were favorites and low odds, I went with Corpuz for top-10 top-5 and $3 to win at 100 to 1. Boo Ya, she wins the US Womens Open.  A $7 investment turned into another $350. 

Hopefully I can give you readers some more good picks. British Open coming up next week and I’m leaning towards Rory McIlroy. This week I’m just going to bet a little bit on Ryan Fox (80 to 1) and Adrian Meronk (90 to 1) for top 20s and some to win in the Scottish Open. 

Golf Scores

Twin Village

Monday Mens

1. Ryder & Ryder 107.5

2. Thomas & Hendrickson 101.0

3. Odell/Townsend/Reed 100.5

4. Husson IV & Husson III 98.0

5. Gilmour & Gilmour 95.0

5. Frey & Jenkusky 95.0

5. Green & Helms 95.0

8. Murphy & Darbee 94.5

9. Stabbert & Kinne 92.5

10. Dreher & Brosius 88.5

10. Tucker & Smith 88.5

12. Tallman & Tallman 86.0

13. Townsend & Murphy 85.0

14. Rampe & Clancy 85.0

15. Lee/Templin/Kinne 82.0

16. Brock & Brock 78.0

Roscoe Mountain Club

Tuesday Birdie

1. DeVantier & Roseo 69.5

2. Whipple & Whipple 62.5

3. Bowers & Hoxie 60.5

4. Luczynski & Schulte 57.0

5. Mershon & Taggart 55.5

6. Erlwein & Welsh 53.0

7. Huggler & Murphy 45.5

8. VanKeuren & VanKeuren 45.0

9. Duquette & Hendrickson 41.0

10. Bury & Mace 39.5

11. Kehrley & Ruppert 39.0

12. Ditmar & Strong 37.0

13. Byme & Byme 35.0

14. Bowers & Edwards 31.0

Tuesday Par

1. Wheeler & Hamlin 68.5

2. Roth & Roth 67.0

3. Gallo & Roth 66.0

4. Rusin & Ellison 58.0

5. Garber & Hicks 55.0

6. Franke & Franke 53.0

6. VanKeuren & Nieman 53.0

8. Ottino & Sazoff 47.0

9. Clifford & Hauser 45.0

10. Fanning & Marceano 44.5

11. Schadt & Mall 40.5

12. O’Malley & Ellison 40.0

13. Diehl & Bradley 39.0

14. Tanous & Wilhelm 36.5

Thursday night

1. Hendrickson & Calkin 93.0

1. Parucki & Hendrickson 93.0

3. Clark & Cassevah 90.5

4. Green & Bowers 89.5

5. France & Ryder 83.0

6. Evans & Evans 82.5

7. Bridges & Seibert 81.5

8. Castle & Silsbe 78.0

9. Simpson & Wolcott 75.5

10. Forsblom & Gabelein 73.5

11. Haas & Tucker 72.0

12. McGreavey & Estbrook 63.5

13. Esposito & Hoskings 62.5

13. Pope & Wechsler 62.5

15. Nogin & Giordano 59.0

15. Stratton & Drown 59.0