lost ball
Stroke penalty cause
A lost ball is a ball that cannot be found during play, triggering specific rules in sports like golf.
In golf, a ball is officially lost if not found within three minutes of searching, resulting in a stroke-and-distance penalty: He declared it a lost ball and went back to the tee.
The term appears in other sports where balls leave the field of play.
- golfClub-and-ball course sport
- roughUneven in surface
- searchAct of seeking
- woodsForested area
- slicePortion cut off
hook · out-of-bounds · penalty · drop · stroke · hazard · water hazard · water · bunker · bushes · scramble · frustrated · mulligan · reload · caddie · hunting · grass · trees