Local Rules

(October 2005)
           

Scorecard

  1. Out of Bounds (OB) is defined by white stakes or the furthest outside points of the perimeter fence.  On holes 8, 12 & 18 the northern rail of the train track defines OB.  On holes 1, 2, 3, 7, 9, 10 & 11 the inside edge of the curb defines OB.  The putting green, the grass island with the flagpole, all paved areas around the clubhouse and all parking lots are OB.  The white OB stakes on hole 11 pertain only when playing hole 11.
  2. Water Hazards are defined by yellow stakes, Lateral Water Hazards are defined by red stakes or lines.
  3. If a player's ball strikes an Overhead Power Line, the planer must disregard that stroke and play another ball.
  4. If a Protective Screen interferes with a player's stance, swing or line of play to the green, the player may obtain free relief at the nearest point which a) avoids the interference and b) is not nearer the hole.  On holes 6, 13, 17, & 18 the player may cross to the other side of the screen to satisfy a) and b) even though it may not be the nearest point.  On hole 6 the player must go to the drop area.
  5. Newly Planted Trees marked with a tag or supported by stakes are Obstructions.
  6. Embedded Ball Rule is in effect.

 

Addendum to the Local Rules

  1. Distance Measuring Devices - For all play at this course, a player may obtain distance information by using a device that measures distance only. However, if, during a stipulated round, a player uses a distance-measuring device that is designed to gauge or measure other conditions that might affect his play (e.g., gradient, wind-speed, temperature, etc.), the player is in breach of Rule 14-3, for which the penalty is disqualification, regardless of whether any such additional functions are actually used.
  2. Perimeter Fences - wherever a perimeter fence is present, its furthest outside points* shall define the out of bounds.  Because they define the out of bounds, the perimeter fences are an "integral part of the golf course" (no relief).  On hole 17, immediately to the right of the green, the concrete retaining wall is deemed to be not part of the perimeter fence and thus, is an obstruction.
  3. Embedded Ball Rule - through the green, a ball that is embedded inits own pitch-mark in the ground, other than sand, 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".
  4. Newly Planted Trees - the berm around the base of all newly planted tress is "ground under repair".
  5. Hole #5 - For a ball in the hazard (off the tee), proceed under Rule 26 or as an additional option, add a penalty stroke and go to the drop area.
  6. Hole #17 - for the purposes of playing "preferred lies" the fairway is deemed to extend down to the concrete retaining wall.
  7. Hole #17 - If a player's ball strikes any part of the Stevenson Creek Monitoring Station**, the player shall disregard that stroke and play another ball.
  8. Note:  The putting green, the grass island with the flagpole and all paved areas around the clubhouse are Out of Bounds.  All parking lots are out of bounds.  On the cart paths proceeding down #1 and #10, a ball past the white posts is "in bounds", a ball short of the white posts and on the paved area is "out of bounds".
  9. Note:  if a player's ball is in a hazard and that player chooses to take relief from a Protective Screen under Local Rule 4 on the scorecard, he or she must add a penalty stroke if, in taking the relief, the ball is removed from the hazard.
  10. Note:  there is no reference in the Local Rules to relief from hedges or bushes under a specific size.
  11. Note:  The status of the railroad tracks and surrounding ballast is covered under the Rules of Golf, Section II, Definitions, Obstructions.  If your ball is in bounds and the tracks and/or ballast interfere with your stance or swing you must preceed in accordance with Rule 24-Obstructions.
  12. Note:  The chain link enclosure for the well-head on hole 8 is an Obstruction.  The is no line-of-play relief.

* because the "furthest outside points" define the out of bounds, a ball up against the fence is "in bounds" (although probably unplayable).  Proceed in accordance with Rule 28-Ball Unplayable.

** the Stevenson Creek Monitoring Station is the device attached to the concrete retaining wall on the east side of the creek near the golf car bridge.

(August 2005)