What Does Stroke and Distance Mean in Golf?
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Golf term
Stroke and distance
Stroke and distance in practice
A provisional ball exists specifically to save time under stroke and distance — if the original ball turns out lost or out of bounds, the provisional simply becomes the ball in play.
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