If a ball played from a penalty area comes to rest in the same penalty area or another penalty area, the player may play the ball as it lies (see
Rule 17.1b).
Or, for one penalty stroke, the player may take relief under any of these options:
(1) Normal Relief Options. The player may take stroke-and-distance relief under
Rule 17.1d(1),
back-on-the-line relief under
Rule 17.1d(2) or,
for a red penalty area, lateral relief under
Rule 17.1d(3).
Under Rule 17.1d(2) or (3), the estimated point used to determine the relief area is where the original ball last crossed the edge of the penalty area where the ball now lies.
If the player takes stroke-and-distance relief by dropping a ball in the penalty area (see
Rule 14.6) and then decides not to play the dropped ball from where it comes to rest:
The player may take further relief outside the penalty area under
Rules 17.1d(2) or (3) (for a red penalty area) or under Rule 17.2a(2).
If the player does so, he or she gets one more penalty stroke, for a total of two penalty strokes: one stroke for taking stroke-and-distance relief, and one stroke for taking relief outside the penalty area.
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But what is a penelty area?
So.. I believe her option now is to try to play the ball from that same location again (?).
(Personally I wouldn't try to hit it while standing in the water though)
And I also believe (interpret the rules) that she is not allowed to move the ball from that spot, since it is not in the penelty area
(but if she were to move it a little further away from the water, it would definently be counted as an extra penelty shot – if not cheating?)
(What happens if you cheat? You lose / disqualified? Or penelty shots due to cheating/breaking the rules can be added retroactively?)
It could be argued that the ball left the penalty area when it was stuck before going back in.
Play where it lies again 1 stroke penalty, on club length from where it last crossed the line 1 stroke penalty, back along line from ball 1 stroke penalty.