Golf Rules
"A ball lying on a closely-mown area through the green 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 hazard and not on a putting green. 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 is 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 or moves the ball in any other manner, such as rolling it with a club, he incurs a penalty of one stroke.
Note: "Closely-mown area" means any area of the course, including paths through the rough, cut to fairway height or less.
If the player fails to mark the position of the ball before lifting it or moves the ball in any other manner, such as rolling it with a club, he incurs a penalty of one stroke.
Note: "Closely-mown area" means any area of the course, including paths through the rough, cut to fairway height or less.
A ball that comes to rest in an area clearly damaged by crow pecks may be lifted without penalty, cleaned and dropped in the closest available undamaged area to where it lay but not nearer the hole.
Exceptions: A player may not take relief under this Local Rule if it is clearly unreasonable for him to make a stroke because of interference by anything other than the condition covered by this Local Rule.
PENALTY FOR BREACH OF LOCAL RULE:
Matchplay – Loss of hole;
Stroke play – Two strokes.
Sand has been applied on the fringes of the Greens to prevent contamination. If your balls lies on this area, you may take free relief one club length not nearer the hole.
Exceptions: A player may not take relief under this Local Rule if it is clearly unreasonable for him to make a stroke because of interference by anything other than the condition covered by this Local Rule.
PENALTY FOR BREACH OF LOCAL RULE:
Matchplay – Loss of hole;
Stroke play – Two strokes.
Sand has been applied on the fringes of the Greens to prevent contamination. If your balls lies on this area, you may take free relief one club length not nearer the hole.
Through the green, a ball that is embedded in its own pitch-mark in the ground may be lifted without penalty, cleaned and dropped as near as possible to where it lay but not nearer the hole. The ball when dropped must first strike a part of the course through the green.
The young trees identified by stakes are no play zones.\n *If a player’s ball lies anywhere on the course other than in a penalty area and it lies on or touches such a tree or such a tree interferes with the player’s stance or area of intended swing exits from such a tree, the player must take relief either with penalty under Rule 17.1e or with free relief under Rule 17.1e(2).
Penalty for Playing Ball from a Wrong Place in Beach Of Local Rule: General Penalty Under Rule 14.07a.
Purpose. To prevent damage to young trees when a player makes a stroke, a Committee can choose to designate them as a no play zone so that:
*. If a player has any type of interference as defined in Rule 16.1 from such a tree designated as a no play zone, he or she must take relief under Rule 16.1f.
*. If the player’s ball lies in a penalty area, he or she must either take free relief under the Local Rule within the penalty area or proceed with penalty under Rule 17.1.
Penalty for Playing Ball from a Wrong Place in Beach Of Local Rule: General Penalty Under Rule 14.07a.
Purpose. To prevent damage to young trees when a player makes a stroke, a Committee can choose to designate them as a no play zone so that:
*. If a player has any type of interference as defined in Rule 16.1 from such a tree designated as a no play zone, he or she must take relief under Rule 16.1f.
*. If the player’s ball lies in a penalty area, he or she must either take free relief under the Local Rule within the penalty area or proceed with penalty under Rule 17.1.
Sand has been applied on the fringes of the Greens to prevent contamination. If your balls lies on this area, you may take free relief one club length not nearer the hole.