Nine
at Five Golf Club
Member’s
Manual Updated: March 18, 2023 |
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1.0. |
Membership
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New members will be invited to join
after being recommended by an existing member, or a representative of the
Hyatt Hills Golf Complex. |
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2.0. |
Committees |
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2.1. |
Competition Committee |
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The Competition Committee will
decide the format for league competition and implement any rule changes.
A quorum of active members is required to hold an official committee
meeting. All active players are committee members. A quorum is
reached when fifty (50) percent of the active members are together at any
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2.2. |
Rules Committee |
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The Rules Committee will decide the
rules for league competition. A quorum of active members is required to
hold an official committee meeting. All active players are committee
members. A quorum is reached when fifty (50) percent of the active
members are together at any given time.
A simple majority vote is necessary to pass any changes onto the
Competition Committee for implementation. |
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3.0. |
Club Season |
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League competition shall start on
the second Wednesday in April as long as there are no weather issues and will
end twenty four (24) weeks later towards the end of September. If
necessary, the season opener will be delayed and we will still get in the
twenty four (24) weeks by extending the end of the season accordingly.
Similarly, if the 4th of July holiday occurs midweek, we may throw
in a “bye week”, extending the season to get in the full 24
weeks. The club shall meet 1-2 weeks prior to the start of the
league season for practice rounds, weather permitting. The Competition Committee
Chairperson shall reschedule midseason dates as necessary. Rainouts, or any
other make up dates, must be rescheduled and completed during the same week.
The "league week" is defined as Monday thru Friday. In order for any league round to be
official; at least two (2) members must play together. |
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4.0.
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League Play |
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4.1.
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Overall League Championship |
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Each week is an individual nine (9)
hole stroke play tournament with full league handicaps allowed. The
individual who has the highest net score shall receive one (1) point; the
player with the next highest net score shall receive two (2) points, and so on.
Any member who does not play in a given week will be considered as having the
highest net score for that week. The member who has the lowest net
score will be awarded a point total equal to the number of players that week.
Each week the points accumulate and the results of the member’s
fifteen (15) highest valued finishes comprise their final score. |
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4.2.
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Official League Season |
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The number of rounds required for
an official season is fifteen (15) as decided by the Competition Committee. |
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4.3.
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League Phase Play |
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Concurrently, there will be three
(3) "mini seasons" called Phases, which will each be eight (8)
weeks long. Each Phase shall start all members off
with no points, and only points that are earned during that eight (8) week
Phase will count towards winning those individual events. Points are
awarded in the same fashion as indicated above in section 4.1. Each
week the points accumulate and the results of the five (5) highest valued
finishes during that eight (8) week Phase will comprise the member's Phase
score. There are three (3) Phases that
will be played during the League's twenty-four (24) week Season. |
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5.0.
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League Handicap System |
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5.1.
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Handicap Index Formula |
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Determine the handicap differential
by applying the same formula used by the U.S.G.A., including Course Rating
and Slope, for the layout played using the adjusted score posted by the
members, see Rule 5.3. |
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5.2.
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Fewer Than 20 Scores Available |
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A league handicap will be assigned
to the new member by the Competition Committee Chairperson until there are
five (5) scores posted. When five
(5) or more scores have been posted refer to the following table to determine
the number of differentials that are used in the handicap formula.
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5.3.
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Equitable Stroke Control |
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A score for any hole will be
reduced to a specified number of strokes for handicap purposes only, as
follows:
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5.4.
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Maximum 9 Hole Handicap Index |
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We have adopted the U.S.G.A. rule which
limits the nine (9) hole handicap index to 18.2 for men and 20.2 for women. |
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6.0.
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Match Play |
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6.1.
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Individual Match Play Format |
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The Match Play Competition begins no
later than the first week in May and shall follow a “World Cup”
format, with the schedule published prior to the first match. Members
may settle their scheduled matches prior to the official starting date, but
only if agreed to by both competitors. All matches, except the final
playoff round, are played at full handicap for nine (9) holes allowing
strokes as they fall on the card. The early portion of the competition will
be a played in a round robin dvidied into 4
“pods”. The top two finishers in each pod will advance into the
quarterfinals, which will then be played as single elimination matches. During the round robin phase of the
competition, all matches are 9 holes only. Halved matches are permitted. The number of holes won during the
entire 9 hole match are to be recorded, even if the
match outcome has been determined, as the number of holes won during the
entire round robin phase is used as a tiebreaker in the standings. Once into the single elimination
matches of the quarterfinals and beyond, in the event of a tie, the players
will continue on to play additional holes allowing
strokes as they fall on the card. The members do not have to play at
any particular course in order to complete their
match as long as both members are in agreement. Members may also mutually agree to
have their match decided by other means. |
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6.2.
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Match Play Concession. |
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Any member that misses two (2)
scheduled matches, after the first Monday in May, will have been deemed to
concede that match. Members will
not be assessed a miss when we do not have a Wednesday session, whether due
to weather conditions, or the course is closed for an outing. |
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6.3.
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Individual Match Play Seedings |
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We have a drawing each year to
determine the seeding for the current year’s Match play schedule. The
four semifinalists from the previous year’s competition will be
assigned to separate pods with the remainder of the field to be determined by
the random draw. |
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7.0.
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Membership Dues |
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There is a fixed annual membership
fee that has been set at $225.00 for the season for Full Members, and $25.00
for Associate Members. All dues are allocated to the Bonus Pool, see
Rule 8.0. |
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7.1.
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Annual Dues Payment Plan |
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The Treasurer
(R.J. Peason) will accept any payment plan, but all dues must be
paid in full by May 1st. |
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8.0.
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Bonus Pool |
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All membership fees are distributed
based on the following percentages of the Full Member's annual dues:
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8.1.
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Skins Game |
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During the course of the entire season, each week will
have a NET "Skins Game" where any member who wins a hole
outright in a match of cards against all players, after allowing strokes
based on eighty percent (80%) of each member's "Official League
Handicap", wins "Skins Points". There are no carryovers,
one tie, all tie. "Skin Points" are
weighted with a value equal to the number of players that week. If ten
(10) members are playing, a skin is worth 10 "Skin Points", and so
on. At the end of the season, the amount ascribed to the Skins Game in
the Bonus Pool, see Rule 8.0., will be divided by the total "Skins
Points" won during the year, and proportionately distributed among
members who have accumulated any "Skins Points". |
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8.2.
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League Play |
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These awards are based on the
member's final positions as of the end of the season based on their
accumulated point totals. While unlikely, it is possible to reach one
of these positions without competing in the minimum fifteen (15) rounds that
comprise an official season. |
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8.3.
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Match Play |
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These awards are based on the
outcome of the Match Play playoff rounds. |
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8.4.
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Low Net Game |
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Low individual game score with full
handicap allowance applied and compared to PAR of the individual course
played. |
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Low Net Average |
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Season average score adjusted to
reflect the member's full handicap, a minimum of fifteen (15) rounds are
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Low Gross Game |
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Low individual game score compared to
PAR of the individual course played. |
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Low Gross Average |
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Season average gross score, a
minimum of fifteen (15) rounds is required. |
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Phases I, II, & III |
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The positions that are attained during
those individual eight (8) week events. |
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Putting Leaders |
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Season putting averages for all
holes, and separately for Greens that are reached in regulation. A
minimum of fifteen (15) rounds is required. |
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Statistical Leaders |
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Season averages for all fairways
hit, and for Greens that are reached in regulation. A minimum of
fifteen (15) rounds is required. |
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Carryover Fund |
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An amount to be determined each year
shall be held aside to fund any shortages in subsequent seasons, or to cover
any unforeseen expenses of the Club. |
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Year End Outing & Awards Banquet |
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The balance left in the treasury, after
funding the Bonus Pool, and the Carryover Fund, as outlined above, shall be
used to subsidize a golf outing to be held at the end of the year, or
otherwise established by the Competition Committee. If a member does
not attend the outing that subsidy is retained by the Club and will carried
over to the next year’s funds.. |
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9.0.
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Local Rules & Interpretations |
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"Local Rules" as stated
on the scorecard for the layout in play will be accepted as the only
exceptions to the United States Golf Association Rules, unless otherwise
amended by additional "Local Rules" adopted here by the Club. When a ruling is in question
or there is disagreement among playing partners as to a particular ruling, it
is to be brought up immediately after the round to member(s) of the
competition committee so that a definitive ruling and appropriate score can
be recorded. In addition, if a
situation arises where one or more playing partners believes a deliberate
violation of USGA or Local Rule has taken place, this also needs to be
brought to the attention of the Competition Committee ASAP for review. If it is determined that such a rules
violation has occurred, as per USGA rules the player will be penalized via a
disqualification (DQ) for that round.
The decision of the Competition Committee will be final. |
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9.1.
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Taking a Drop |
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When it is necessary for you to
touch your ball, we do not ascribe to a knee height drop. As this adds another area of review
and will further slow play, it is acceptable to lift, clean, and place
whenever this situation arises. |
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Bunkers |
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It is acceptable to lift, clean,
smooth and place in the hazard, with no penalty, no nearer the hole, ONLY
if you find your ball in an unnatural condition (footprint, divot, etc.).
You are required to alert your fellow competitors prior to touching
your ball. Please remember to leave the bunker in better condition
than you found it. We also have the USGA rule available for those not
confident about playing from awkward lies in a bunker other than the
footprint issue or if it has lodged inside an animal burrow. You may take a drop within the bunker,
no closer to the hole, and add a one (1) stroke penalty. You may also take a drop OUTSIDE said
bunker, but in this case you are to add a two (2)
stroke penalty. There is no free
relief allowed for a “fried egg” lie. |
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9.3. |
Winter Rules |
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Due to the conditions of some parts
of this course, it is acceptable to improve your lie in your fairway, or on the
green, by moving your ball to the nearest point of relief, no nearer to the
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9.4.
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Lost Ball |
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Unless you have a reasonable belief
that your ball is lost in a hazard, you should always hit a Provisional Ball
when it is apparent that you may have difficulty locating your original ball.
The Provisional Ball taken after an errant tee shot is lying three (3),
as the penalty is stroke and distance. Lost balls occur on shots after the
tee shot, again, play a Provisional Ball under the penalty of stroke and
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9.5.
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Hyatt Hills Golf Course – 4th, 5th, 8th and 9th Holes |
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The trees alongside both sides of the 4th and 5th
holes and the left side of the 8th hole are to be considered as lateral
hazards, for the sake of moving play along. Hitting into any of these areas
suggests that you play a provisional ball under the stroke and distance
penalty. If you find your original ball, the provisional is automatically out
of play. If you hit into the woods in these areas, have not hit a provisional
and cannot find the original ball, estimate where the ball went into the
trees, take a two club-length drop and a one stroke penalty for a lost
ball [in what is deemed to be a lateral hazard]. If this was from a tee shot,
your next stroke following the drop will be stroke #3.tse Playing from the Blue Tees on #8 is tough enough,
but on this hole the challenge is multiplied by the trouble located
everywhere. The water along the right side is a LATERAL WATER
HAZARD. You have five (5) options available: 1.
You may play the shot as it lies; or 2.
You may re-tee the ball, take a one stroke penalty and hit
your third shot; or 3.
You must identify the point at which the ball entered the
hazard, then walk back keeping that point AND the hole in a straight line,
placing the ball on that line, taking a one stroke penalty. This will
place you somewhere between the 8th tee and the 7th green, not a great
option; or 4.
You must identify the point at which your ball last crossed
the margin of the hazard, and you may place your ball outside of the hazard
within two club lengths of that point, take your one stroke penalty and hit
three; or the final option, which is also impractical is that 5.
You may cross over the pond and play your ball from the
point equidistant from the hole as the point determined in option # 4, take
your one stroke medicine, and play your shot from the 7th teeing ground. Option # 4 is the one that grants the most equitable relief
so you should be aware of it. Everyone in a foursome should be alert and watch the ball
on all tees, but it is even more important when facing this
situation that we are helping each other. Remember, it is not
where the ball splashes, but where it crosses the edge of the pond that
you are trying to determine. Before you leave the tee, work with your
playing partners and develop a consensus in
deeming the point that the ball entered the hazard. Pick the closest
light post or the red stake while you are still on the tee and stick with the
choice. No one knows exactly where THE point is, be reasonable and
there will not be any room for complaints. The fences along the left sides of #4, #8 and #9 define OUT
OF BOUNDS. The golf course side fence is not out of bounds. If
you put your ball into or over the trees and toward the fence, unless
you see the ball on the golf course side, you must hit a provisional (under
the penalty of stroke and distance). If you find your ball in bounds,
the provisional is immediately out of play and you must play the original
ball as it lies. A ball stuck in the fence or lying under it is out
of bounds. In any of these locations, if you or your playing partners clearly
saw that the ball went over the fence, it is considered to
be out of bounds, not subject to our lateral hazard rule. If you did not play a provisional ball,
drop a ball here (where it went out of bounds) and take a two (2) shot
penalty. If the fence is in the way of your intended swing, or
stance, you are entitled to free relief under this Local Rule, as under the
USGA, the fences that mark the boundaries of the course are not subject to
the obstruction rule, while the net, support wires, and poles are
obstructions. Establish where you can play your shot without
interference from the fence, no nearer to the hole, and place your ball
within one (1) club length of that spot. You are not entitled to line of sight relief, only from stance or swing. The opportunity for trouble does not only exist on the tee shot. Where the ball entered the tree line is the point for the drop, not where you think it finished. |
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9.6 9.7.
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Hyatt Hills planters
There are planters in
a few locations on the course, notably between the 3rd/4th
holes and on the left side of the 6th hole between the trap and
the bathroom facility. Both of these planters and any similar planters are
considered “ground under repair” and you are entitled to a free
drop, no closer to the hole. Immovable Obstructions |
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a. Interference Interference by an immovable obstruction occurs when a ball lies in or on the obstruction, or when the obstruction interferes with the player’s stance or the area of his intended swing. All fences, staked trees, flower beds,
cart paths, and any man-made objects on this course are to be considered
immovable obstructions. If the
player’s ball lies on the putting
green, interference also occurs if an immovable obstruction on the putting
green intervenes on his line
of putt. Otherwise, intervention on
the line of play is not, of itself,
interference under this Rule. b. Relief Except when the ball is in a penalty area or a lateral water hazard, a player may take relief from
interference by an immovable obstruction as follows: (i) Through
the Green: If the ball lies through the green, the player must lift the ball and place it without penalty within one
club-length of and not nearer the hole than the nearest point of
relief. The nearest
point of complete relief must not be in a hazard or on a putting green. (ii) In a Bunker: If the ball is in a bunker, the player must lift the ball and place it either: (a) Without penalty, in
accordance with Clause (i) above, except that the nearest point of relief must be in the bunker and the ball must be placed in the bunker; or (b) Under penalty of one stroke, outside the bunker keeping the point where the ball lay directly between the hole and the spot on which the ball is placed, with no limit to how far
behind the bunker the ball may be placed. (iii) On the Putting Green: If the ball lies on the putting green, the player must lift the ball and place it without penalty at the nearest point of relief that is not in a hazard. The nearest
point of relief may be off the putting green. (iv) On the Teeing Ground: If the ball lies on the teeing ground, the player must lift the ball
and place it without penalty in accordance with Clause (i) above. The ball may be cleaned when
lifted under this Rule. Exception: A player may not take relief under this Rule if (a) it is clearly
unreasonable for him to make a stroke because of interference by
anything other than an immovable obstruction or (b) interference by an
immovable obstruction would occur only through use of an unnecessarily abnormal stance, swing or direction of play. Note: If a ball is in a penalty area (including a lateral water hazard), the player may not take relief from interference by an immovable obstruction. The player must play the
ball as it lies or proceed under the various penalty area rules. |
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Tall Grass (fescue) |
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The tall grass that is found
between almost all of the holes on the course is to
be considered a hazard. If a ball
lands in one of these areas, it is the member’s option to play the ball
as it lies, or to drop outside of the hazard where it entered and take a one
(1) stroke penalty. A ball lost
in these areas is to be considered lost in a lateral hazard and play accordingly
with only a one (1) stroke penalty and not stroke and distance. |
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10.0. |
Ready Golf |
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10.1.
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Teeing Ground |
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The order of play has not been
altered, but if for any reason the player who has the honor is unable to take
his place, the honor is lost, and the next player ready to play must tee off.
This also applies when a player must wait for the group in front to
reach safety, when that group is clearly out of range of any of the other
players on the tee. |
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10.2.
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Through the Green |
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The ball furthest from the hole
shall be played first whenever possible. When in doubt, the first player
ready to hit shall play first. If a player is faced with a "lay
up" or a "punch out" and is not a threat to the safety of the
group in front, that competitor must play his ball as soon as practical,
regardless of who is away. |
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10.3.
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Putting Green |
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The player who is away plays first.
That individual must hole out unless he would be standing in the line of
play of any other fellow competitor. Under those circumstances, the player
must immediately mark his ball and wait until he is away before finishing the
hole. |
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