- Course open -Buggies allowed - Preferred lies now in play - Trolleys allowed - Players on the 13th green will now be asked to give priority to those teeing off on the 17th. Please can players be aware when approaching and stand to the righ Updated: 9th Nov 2024
These are the current local rules. Please check notice board in the Club House for other current local rules.
Definition: A penalty area is any body on the course (whether or not marked by the committee) including a sea, lake, pond, river, ditch, surface drainage ditch or other open water course ( even if not containing water) and any other part of the course the committee defines as a penalty are by red or yellow marker posts, see rule 17 for relief options.
The edge of the penalty area is defined by the line between the outside points of the posts at ground level and the posts are inside the penalty area.
When a temporary putting green is in play on any hole, the putting green that has been replaced is a wrong green and free relief for interference must be taken under rule 13.1f.
All temporary greens when cut are to be treated as a wrong green even when not in use and relief must be taken under rule 13.1f.
When a player’s ball lies in a part of the general area cut to fairway height or less, the player may take free relief once by placing the original ball or another ball in and playing it from this relief area:
In proceeding under the Local Rule, the player must choose a spot to place the ball and use the procedures for replacing ball under Rule 14.2.
If a players ball lies in or touches an aeration hole:
(a) Ball in general area. The player may take relief under rule 16.1b. If the ball comes to rest in another aeration hole the player may take relief again under this Local Rule.
(b) Ball on Putting Green. The player may take relief under rule 16.1d.
But interference does not exist in the aeration hole only interferes with the players stance or, on the putting green, on the players line of play.
The area defined by the chain link surrounding the oak tree left of the 11th fairway ia a no play zone that is to be treated as an abnormal course condition. Free relief must be taken from interference by the no play zone under rule 16.1f.
Young trees which are staked or are protected by a sleeve around the trunk are no play zones.
If it is known or virtually certain that a players ball hit a power line or tower or a wire or pole supporting a power line during the play of holes 1, 7, 8, 13, the stroke does not count. The Player must play a ball without penalty from where the previous stroke was made (see rule 14.6 for what to do).
Ground Under Repair is defined by any area encircled by a white line. The Player can take relief under rule 16.1b
Areas in bunkers where sand has been removed by the movement of water resulting in deep furrows through the sand are Ground Under Repair. The player can take relief under relief under rule 16.1c.
Relief from interference by an immovable obstruction may be taken under rule 16.1.
Ball in general area. The player may take relief under rule 16.1b if an immovable obstruction on the line of play, and is:
Exceptions – No relief if line of play clearly unreasonable, There is no relief under this local rule if the player chooses a line of play that is clearly unreasonable.
The fence behind the 13th green is an immovable obstruction and free relief under Rule 16.1 is available if the nett interferes with your area of intended swing or your stance. You do not get free relief if the net merely interferes with your intended ball flight.
In the general area, relief from animal holes is allowed under Rule 16.1b.
Definition of ‘ animal hole’: Any hole dug in the ground by an animal, except for holes dug by animals that are also defined as loose impediments ( such as worms and insects).
The term animal hole includes:
At the players option, goose dung may be treated either as:
If dung is found on the putting green, the player may also remove it remove the line of play. If doing so improves the line of play or other conditions affecting the stroke, there is no penalty under rule 8.1.a.
All roads and paths in the general area, even if not artificially-surfaced, are treated as immovable obstructions from which free relief is allowed under Rule16.1.
Unless otherwise noted, the penalty for breach of a local rule is the general penalty.