A stroke (or strokes) added to a golfer’s score for hitting into a water hazard, out of bounds, or taking a drop from an unplayable lie. Penalty strokes may also be incurred for rules infractions, such as grounding one’s club in a hazard or carrying more clubs than the maximum allowed (14).
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