MAX SEARCH TIME FOR LOST BALL IS 3 MINUTES. BALL MOVED DURING A SEARCH: PUT IT BACK WITHOUT PENALTY.FREE DROP FOR BALLS EMBEDDED ANYWHERE IN THE GENERAL AREA.CLUB LENGTH: THE PLAYERS LONGEST CLUB, EXCEPT FOR PUTTER .DROP FROM KNEE HEIGHT.TAKING YOUR STANCE ON THE WRONG GREEN IS NOT PERMITTED.BALL ACCIDENTLY HITTING THE PLAYER OR EQUIPMENT IS WITHOUT PENALTY.DOUBLE HIT COUNTS AS ONE STROKE.TOUCHING THE SAND INCIDENTALLY IS PERMITTED IN A BUNKER.LOOSE IMPEDIMENTS CAN BE REMOVED EVERYWHERE.DROP A BALL BEHIND THE BUNKER WITH TWO PENALTY STROKES.WATER HAZARDS ARE NOW CALLED RED AND YELLOW PENALTY AREAS.TOUCHING THE GROUND AND WATER IN A PENALTY AREA IS PERMITTED.BALL MOVES ON THE GREEN AFTER BEING PUT BACK: PUT IT BACK WITHOUT PENALTY.BALL ON THE GREEN MOVED ACCIDENTLY BY THE PLAYER: PUT IT BACK WITHOUT PENALTY.REPAIRING DAMAGE ON THE GREEN IS WITHOUT PENALTY.POSITIONING A CLUB FOR ALIGNMENT PURPOSES IS NOT PERMITTED.CADDIE STANDING BEHIND THE PLAYER TO ASSIST IN ALIGNMENT IS NOT PERMITTED.HITTING THE FLAGSTICK IN THE HOLE IS WITHOUT PENALTY. BALL PARTLY BELOW THE LIP OF THE HOLE IS CLASSED AS HOLED. 
