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Unless otherwise noted, the
penalty for breach of a Local Rule or Condition is:
Match Play – Loss of Hole
Stroke Play – Two Strokes
1.
Out of Bounds – Rule 27.
 | Defined by
inside edge of white stakes at ground level. Public streets, parking lots, club houses and maintenance
facilities are out of bounds. Typically, the edge of the
road or curb nearest the golf course is the boundary. A ball
that crosses such a boundary is out of bounds even though it may
lie on another part of the course. |
2.
Integral Parts of
the Course.
| Liners in
bunkers and artificial walls and pilings when located in
hazards. |
| Cables,
rods, wires or wrappings when closely attached to trees. |
3.
Water Hazards and
Lateral Water Hazards
– Rule 26.
| When both
stakes and lines define a water hazards, the stakes identify the
hazard and the lines define the hazard margin. |
| When a
lateral water hazard is defined only on one side, it is deemed
to extend to infinity. Accordingly, when hazard markers are
positioned side by side and a out-of-bounds marker is adjacent
to the two hazard stakes all ground and water beyond the defined
margin of the hazard is in the hazard. |
4.
Movable
Obstructions –
Appendix I-B5
| Stones
in bunkers are movable
obstructions |
5.
Immovable
Obstructions – Rule
24-2.
| White lined
areas tying into artificially surfaced roads and paths or
obstructions are deemed to have the same status as the
obstruction and are not ground under repair. |
| Landscaped
garden areas completely encircled by an obstruction are deemed
to be a part of the obstruction. |
| Unmarked
drain pipes and culverts and the surrounding screens,
grates, concrete or hand-laid rocks are immovable obstructions
and relief without penalty is available under Rule 24-2 unless
it is clearly unreasonable to make a stroke because of
interference by anything other than the obstruction. The area
adjacent to the obstruction is deemed to be an integral part of
the course. |
6.
Temporary
Immovable Obstruction (TIO)
– Appendix I-B7.
| Electrical
fans, supporting wires and cables. |
| Relief for
intervention (line of sight) as well as lie of ball, stance, and
area of intended swing. |
7.
Abnormal Ground
Conditions –
Appendix I-B4e.
| Sod seams
through the green are deemed to be ground under repair. All
seams within the sodded area are considered to be the same
seam. Relief is available for lie of ball and area of intended
swing ONLY (no relief for stance). |
| All
flower beds throughout the course are mandatory relief
areas. Relief is taken under Rule 25-1. If the flower bed is
in a water hazard, the player must proceed under Rule 26-1
incurring a one stoke penalty. |
8.
Embedded Ball
Through the Green –
Appendix I-B4a
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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. A ball when
dropped must first strike a part of the course through the
green. |
Exception:
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 it is
clearly unreasonable for him to make a stroke because of
interference by anything other than the condition covered by this
Local Rule.
9.
Distance
measuring devices – Appendix I-B9
| Distance
measuring devices will be allowed as long as they measure
distance only. The use of devices that gauge or measure
other conditions that might affect play (e.g., wind, elevation,
or gradient) are not permitted. |
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