Local Rules

 

 

Drop Zone #17

 

A dropping zone has been approved by the committee for hole #17. If your ball lands in the water/penalty area you may choose to drop behind the yellow tee stone. One penalty stroke.

 

Special Provisional Ball

 

Due to the layout of several holes on the course it may not be possible to determine whether a ball has landed in a penalty area without going up and looking. A provisional ball may be played from the spot where it last crossed the penalty area under rules provided for the penalty area (red or yellow stakes). It must be announced as a provisional ball and identified (marked) differently from the original ball that was put in play. In effect a provisional ball may be played at any time, you feel your ball may not be found.

 

Stroke and Distance

 

The 2019 USGA optional local rule affecting stroke and distance has not been approved by the club. We still play stroke and distance. Play a provisional ball if there is any doubt that your ball will be found in play.

 

Winter Rules (Preferred Lie) New 12/11/21

 

When in effect a ball lying on a closely mown area (fairways and fringes) in the general area may be lifted without penalty and cleaned. Before lifting the ball, the player must mark its position. Having lifted the ball, he must place it on a spot within one club-length of and not nearer the hole than where it originally lay, that is not in a penalty area and not on a putting green.

 

A ball lying outside the closely mown area (in the rough) but still in the general area may be lifted without penalty and cleaned. Before lifting the ball, the player must mark its position. Having lifted the ball, he must place it on a spot within six inches of and not nearer the hole than where it originally lay, that is not in a penalty area and not on a putting green

 

No relief is given if within a club length (club of choice) of trees, fences, or out of bounds areas.

 

Relief: One club length (club of choice) relief when on a closely mown area: fariways, fringes, and aprons. Six inches in the rough.

 

A player may place his ball only once, and it is in play when it has been placed (Rule 20-4). If the ball fails to come to rest on the spot on which it was placed, Rule 20-3d applies. If the ball when placed comes to rest on the spot on which it is placed and it subsequently moves, there is no penalty, and the ball must be played as it lies, unless the provisions of any other Rule apply. If the player fails to mark the position of the ball before lifting it, moves the ball marker prior tp putting the ball back in play, or moves the ball in any other manner, such as rolling it with a club, the player incurs a penalty of one stroke.