COURSE INFORMATION AND
LOCAL RULES
COURSE INFORMATION
Course toilet is located behind the 12th tee
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Drinking Fountain is by the 12 tee
Course Marker Discs are on the fairways at 100/150/200 yards, measured to the centre of the green
Flags on the greens mark the following positions, Front – red, Centre – yellow, Back – white
LOCAL RULES IN ADDITION TO THOSE ON THE SCORE CARD
Distance Measuring Devices
For all play at this course, a player may obtain distance information by use of a distance-measuring device. If, during a stipulated round, a player uses a distance-measuring device
to gauge or measure other conditions that might affect his play (e.g. elevation changes, wind speed, etc.), the player is in breach of Rule 14-3.
Embedded Ball
Through the green, a ball that is embedded may be lifted, cleaned and dropped, without penalty, as near as possible to the spot where it lay but not nearer the hole. The ball
when dropped must first strike a part of the course through the green.
Note: A ball is “embedded” when it is in its own pitch-mark and part of the ball is below the level of the ground.
Exceptions:
1. A player may not take relief under this Local Rule if the ball is embedded in sand in an area that is not closely-mown.
2. A player may not take relief under this Local Rule if interference by anything other than the condition covered by this Local Rule makes the stroke clearly impracticable.
Accidental Movement of a Ball on a Putting Green
Rules 18-2, 18-3 and 20-1 are modified as follows:
When a player’s ball lies on the putting green, there is no penalty if the ball or ball-marker is accidentally moved by the player, his partner, his opponent, or any of their caddies or
equipment.
The moved ball or ball-marker must be replaced as provided in Rules 18-2, 18-3 and 20-1.
This Local Rule applies only when the player’s ball or ball-marker lies on the putting green and any movement is accidental.
Note: If it is determined that a player’s ball on the putting green was moved as a result of wind, water or some other natural cause such as the effects of gravity, the ball must be
played as it lies from its new location. A ball-marker moved in such circumstances is replaced if the marked ball was lifted.
Flooded Bunkers
Bunkers affected by flooding and defined on a list in the Professional’s shop are GUR (ground under repair). These affected bunkers should be identified with blue posts. If a
player’s ball lies in that bunker or if that bunker interferes with the player’s stance or the area of his intended swing and the player wishes to take relief, he must take relief
outside the bunker, without penalty, in accordance with Rule 25-1b(i). ALL other bunkers on the course, regardless of whether they contain water, maintain their status as hazards
and the Rules apply accordingly.
Note 1: Certain matches / competitions may have a more specific rule relating to flooded bunkers which will override this local rule
Note 2: Where there is doubt as to the status of a bunker and a competitor wishes to take relief they are strongly advised to play two balls following the procedure in Rule 3-3a
and cover both options. Two choices from, playing the ball, Rule 25-1b(i) and Rule 25-1b(ii).
Abnormal Ground Conditions / Ground Under Repair
Newly Turfed Areas
Play is prohibited from any newly turfed areas marked as GUR. If a player’s ball lies in the area, or if it interferes with the player’s stance or the area of his intended swing,
the player MUST take relief under Rule 25-1. Newly turfed areas on any putting green are GUR play prohibited
Seams of cut turf RHS
Through the green seams of cut turf (not the turf itself) are deemed to be ground under repair. However, interference by a seam with the player’s stance is deemed not to
be, of itself, interference under Rule 25-1. If the ball lies in or touches the seam or the seam interferes with the area of intended swing, relief is available under Rule 25-1.
All seams within the turf area are considered the same seam
Drainage Channels 3rd, 11th & 12th holes
Through the green the drainage channels not covered with turf are deemed to be ground under repair. Relief is available under Rule 25-1 for interference if the ball
touches the channel or channel interferes with the player’s intended swing or stance.
Sunken Hollows Along Irrigation System Pipe Installation
The sunken hollows caused by the installation of the irrigation system in the following areas are deemed to be ground under repair:
behind the 1st green
left of the 2nd green
right of the 8th fairway (100 yards from green)
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alongside the 4 / 13 greens
behind the 17 green
beyond the fairway on the 18 (tee side of river)
Relief is available under Rule 25-1 for interference with the ball, stance or intended swing. Note none of these areas are on the green collars.
Aeration Holes
On the putting green, a ball that comes to rest in or on an aeration hole or disease scar may be placed at the nearest spot not nearer the hole that avoids the situation.
Nests / Immovable Obstructions / Dangerous Situations (Rule 1-4 / 20-7)
The bird boxes installed around the course are immovable obstructions. The box installed on the edge of the 15th lateral water hazard is a nest. The bee hive located behind the
7th green is a dangerous situation.
Nests
If the player’s ball lies in the lateral water hazard on the 15th and the nest interferes with the stance or intended swing the player is entitled to drop the ball, without
penalty, within one club-length of and not nearer the hole than the nearest spot that would allow him to make his stroke without damaging the nest. The ball must be
dropped in the hazard.
Dangerous Situations
If the player’s ball comes to rest near a dangerous situation additional relief options, without penalty, are available. If the ball lay:
through the green the player may drop the ball, without penalty, within one club-length of and not nearer the hole than the nearest spot not nearer the hole that is
not dangerous and is not in a hazard.
in the lateral water hazard the player may drop it, without penalty, within one club-length of and not nearer the hole than the nearest spot not nearer the hole that
is not dangerous. The ball must be dropped in the hazard.
The player is not precluded from taking relief under rules 26 or 28 if appropriate. Relief described above may not be taken if something other than the nest or dangerous situation
makes the stroke clearly impracticable
Bunker Faces/walls (Rule 14-4, embedded ball local rule)
Where a bunker wall consists of turf and bare earthen walls the whole face above any lip is deemed to be through the green.
PENALTY FOR BREACH OF LOCAL RULES BY REFERENCE TO RELEVANT RULE EXCEPT:
Embedded ball, Aeration holes
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Competitions Committee 14 May 2017
Match play – loss of hole; Stroke play – Two strokes