Local Rules

1. Out of bounds (Rule 18.2)

a) Beyond any wall, fence or line of white stakes bounding the course.

2. Water hazards (Rule 17.1)

a) Those parts of the course which are marked with yellow stakes are yellow penalty areas.
b) Those parts of the course which are marked with red stakes are red penalty areas.

3. Abnormal Course Conditions (Rule 16.1)

a) Ground Under Repair

Any areas marked as Ground Under Repair and/or surrounded by a white line.

b) Immovable Obstructions

a) All roads and paths including artificailly surfaced paths are treated as immovable obstructions from which free relief is allowed under rule 16.1.

b) All manholes, electricity boxes and seats.

c) If any player has any type of interference as defined in Rule 16.1 from a staked tree which is less than 6 feet in height it is designated as a no play zone and relief must be taken under Rule 16.1.

4. Integral parts of the course

a) All walls and remnants of walls.

5. Bunkers (Rule 12)

Before playing a ball in a bunker, a player may remove loose impediments and moveable obstructions under Rule 12.2a.

6. Immoveable obstructions close to putting green

Relief from interference by an  immovable obstruction may be taken under Rule 16.1.

Ball in general area

A player may take relief under Rule 16.1b if an immoveable obstruction is:

On the line of play and is

a) Within two club-lengths of the putting green, and

b) Within two club-lengths of the ball.

Exception – No relief if line of play is clearly unreasonable

There is no relief under the Local Rule if the player chooses a line of play that is clearly unreasonable.

Penalty for playing ball from a wrong place in breach of Local Rule 6:

General Penalty under Rule 14.7a.

General Information

Except in Competition Play, a ball lying on a seeded area must, without penalty, be lifted cleaned and placed within one club length of where it originally lay but not nearer the hole.

All rakes are to be placed in bunkers

Yardages are to the front of the greens.

Priority on the course

Any match starting at the 1st tee is entitled to pass a match starting at any other point on the course. If a match fails to keep its place on the course and loses more than one clear hole on the players in front, it must invite the match following to pass.

Seeded areas

Except in competition play, a ball lying on a seeded area may, without penalty, be lifted, cleaned and placed within one club length of where it originally lay but not nearer the hole.