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When ball is in teeing area
Your ball is in the teeing area when any part of the ball touches or is above any part of the teeing area. You may stand outside the teeing area in making the stroke at a ball in the teeing area. You may play the ball from a tee or from the ground.
DIAGRAM 6.2b: WHEN BALL IS IN TEEING AREA
The dotted line defines the outside edges of the teeing area (see definition of teeing area). A ball is in the teeing area when any part of the ball touches or is above part of the teeing area.