Out of Bounds

White stakes indicate out-of-bounds.  When the entire ball is on the other side of a white marker it is considered to be “off the course.”  If any part of the ball is touching the boundary line, the ball is considered to be in bounds.  If your ball goes out of bounds you have the following choices:  1)  Hit a provisional ball from where your previous shot was played.  Hit the shot, and only then should you start looking for the original ball.  If your first ball was out of bounds, your provisional is now in play.  Its a one stroke penalty to get back on the course.  You must count the stroke of the original ball plus a stroke of your provisional.  2)  Take a one stroke penalty and hit again from the spot where you just hit the shot out-of-bounds.