The Golf Rules Dictionary by Hadyn Rutter

A7
    AIR SHOT

What is it?

when a player intends to play a stroke but misses the ball completely.

Basic Rules

the miss counts as one stroke.

Procedures

1. if on the teeing ground the draught from the missed stroke causes the ball to fall off the tee, the stroke counts and the ball must then be played as it lies

2. if the player replaces the gall on the tee he has illegally caused the ball to move and incurs a 2 stroke/loss of hole penalty.

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