Rules of golf to update and modernize the Rules, media outlets considered the ruling to be a response to an incident from the 2017 ANA Inspiration tournament, where Lexi Thompson was retroactively penalized four strokes from her third round score for mis-placing a ball, as reported by a television viewer, going as far as nicknaming it the "Lexi Thompson rule". Rules of golf The rules of golf consist of a standard set of regulations and procedures by which the sport of golf should be played and prescribe penalties for rule infractions. They are jointly written and administered by the R&A (spun off from
Ball in and out of play Ball in and out of play The ball in and out of play is the ninth law of the Laws of the Game of association football, and describes to the two basic states of play in the game. The ball remains "in play" from the beginning of each period to the end of that period, except when: The first criterion can be phrased as ""all" of the ball must cross "all" of the line" and is of particular importance in decisions regarding goals. The Law specifically notes that the ball remains in play if it rebounds off a goal frame,