AS PRINTED ON THE SCORE CARD:  To be read in conjunction with Local Rules displayed on the notice board.

Out of Bounds

Defined by white stakes and beyond all boundary fences, including the fences surrounding  the houses alongside the fourth fairway.

Integral Part of Course 

Retaining walls surrounding the 1st and 10th tee areas, and in front of and below the Clubhouse are integral parts of the course. Relief without penalty is NOT permissible.

Abnormal Ground Conditions

Areas defined by G.U.R. markers and / or white lines; wheel ruts. Relief without penalty may be taken.

Prohibited Areas

Trees under two club lengths in height; all cultivated gardens within the Course; If a player’s ball lies in, and/or the area mentioned interferes with the players stance or intended swing, relief without penalty MUST be taken under Rule 25-1.

Immovable Obstructions

 Fixed sprinkler heads are immovable obstructions. If such an obstruction on, or within two club lengths of, the Putting Green intervenes on the players line of play, relief without penalty may be taken as follows; The ball lies off the Putting Green but not in a hazard and is within two club lengths of the intervening obstruction, it may be lifted, cleaned and dropped at the nearest point to where the ball lay which:-

•    Is not nearer the hole

•    Is not a hazard or on a putting green

•    Avoids such intervention

Distance Markers are immovable obstructions with distances to the centre of greens.

AS DISPLAYED ON THE NOTICE BOARD; To be read in conjunction with Local Rules on the scorecard.

Clean & place through the green  

(only applies when stated on the Clean & Place sign by the 1st and 10th tee or printed on the scorecard)

A ball lying through the green may be lifted, without penalty, and cleaned. Before lifting the ball, the player must mark its position. Having lifted the ball, the player must place it on a spot within 15 cms of, but not nearer the hole than where it originally lay, that is not in a hazard and not on a putting green.

A player may place the ball only once and it is in play when it has been placed   (Rule 20-4). If the ball fails to come to rest on the spot on which it is placed, Rule 20-3d applies. If the ball when placed comes to rest on the spot on which it was placed and it subsequently moves, there is no penalty and the ball must be played as it lies, unless the provisions of any other Rule applies.

If the player fails to mark the position of the ball before lifting it or moves the ball in any other manner, such as rolling it with a club, a penalty of one stroke is incurred.

If a player incurs the general penalty for a breach of this Local Rule, no additional penalty under this Local Rule is applied.

Water hazards

(i) Water hazards are defined by yellow stakes and / or yellow lines.

(ii) Lateral water hazards are defined by red stakes and / or red lines.

Stakes are Immovable Obstructions and relief from stakes may be taken only if the ball lies outside the hazard.

Dropping Zone for the 11th hole.

If a ball is in, or it is known or virtually certain that a ball that has not been found is in, the water hazard at the back of the 11th hole, the player may:

(i)  proceed under Rule 26; or

(ii) as an additional option, drop a ball, under penalty of one stroke, in the dropping zone (if one has been marked out).

See Notes on page 135 – 136 in the Rules of Golf regarding dropping a ball in a dropping zone

Ball played provisionally at the 17th hole

If there is doubt whether a ball is in or is lost in the water hazard to the right of the 17th hole, it is strongly recommended that the player play another ball provisionally in accordance with Rule 27-1.

The player must inform his opponent in match play or his marker or fellow – competitor in stroke play of this intention.

If the original ball is found outside of the water hazard or the player wishes to play from the hazard, the player must continue with it.

Otherwise, continue play with the ball played provisionally.

Ground under repair (G.U.R)

(i) Areas defined by white lines and / or G.U.R. stakes

(ii) Open Drains

(iii) All covered drains filled with any of the following: scoria, sand, rock and pumice. This includes soil settlement in a drain creating a depression.

(iv) Cracks in the ground

(v) Tree felling areas and associated tractor/machinery marks

(vi) Areas of paspalum stalks

(vii) Areas of “Spongy Turf ” (also covers lost embedded ball) - defined as ground that significantly changes shape when a player applies weight to it yet no casual water appears on the surface.

For a ball lost in G.U.R, proceed under Rule 25-1 (c)

Embedded ball

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. The ball when dropped must first strike a part of the course through the green.

Stones in bunkers

Stones in bunkers are movable obstructions (Rule 24-1 applies)

Aeration holes (Coring)

Through the green, a ball that comes to rest in or on an aeration hole may be lifted, without penalty, cleaned and dropped, as near as possible to the spot but not nearer the hole. The ball when dropped must first strike a part of the course through the green.

On the putting green, a ball that comes to rest in or on an aeration hole may be placed at the nearest spot not nearer the hole that avoids the situation.

Penalty for breach of above Local Rules

•             Match Play – Loss of hole

•             Stroke Play – Two stroke penalty

Electronic distance measuring devices

For all play at this course, a player may obtain distance information by using a device that measures distance only. 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 function is used.