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Penalty Areas Without the Panic

A clear, friendly introduction to the options available when a ball finds a marked penalty area.

Penalty Areas Without the Panic — source magazine cover

First identify the colour and boundary of the penalty area. Know the relief options before lifting or dropping a ball. Together, these ideas capture why this feature belongs in the We Women Golf Journal: the game is only the beginning of the story.

What stays with us

When uncertain in competition, protect the field and ask for guidance. The full magazine feature carries the complete context, voices and visual story, and should remain the definitive source.

  • First identify the colour and boundary of the penalty area.
  • Know the relief options before lifting or dropping a ball.
  • When uncertain in competition, protect the field and ask for guidance.