Please note:

Out of Bounds

If your ball is hit out of bounds, or is lost outside a penalty area, you must replay the ball from where it was played – with one penalty stroke. (Known as a stroke and distance penalty)

• For example, if you hit your tee shot out of bounds on the 6th or 10th, you must play again from the tee, and it will be your 3rd stroke.

If you suspect your ball is out of bounds, you must play a provisional ball – and use the word “PROVISIONAL” not; “I’ll have another crack” or “I’ll hit another” or “Time to reload” – otherwise that second ball is in play, regardless of finding your first ball.

You may continue to play the provisional ball to the point where you believe your first ball went out of bounds. If you continue to play that ball past this point – it is in play – regardless of finding your first ball.

The “drop the ball where it went out of bounds and take a 2 stroke penalty” is only an optional LOCAL rule which has not been adopted.

 

Relief from a Yellow Penalty Areas (such as on 16 and 18).

Two options are available:

1. Replay the ball from where you hit it (with a one stroke penalty, so if you find the water off the tee, or roll back from the fringe into the water on 18,  you’ll be playing 3 from behind the hazard)
2. Draw a line from the flag through the point of entry (into the penalty area), and go back on that line as far as you wish.
   • place a tee for reference, and
   • drop – from knee height – within one (driver) length behind or beside that reference tee – but no closer to the hole than that reference tee
   • (you will always drop on the far side of a yellow penalty area – never the green side – and no creeping sideways to get a better angle!).

 

 

Penalty area relief

 

Try dropping between your legs or stepping forward (a lunge)and dropping at your lead leg – there are some really weird looking curtsies going on out there! 

 

Dropping your ball.

regards,

Match Committee

 

 

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