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SHORELINE GOLF LINKS - Course Local Rules

The U.S.G.A. Rules of Golf govern all play, and are supplemented by the following local rules (Rule 33-8):

"Your position on the course is immediately behind the match in front.
Not immediately in front of the match behind."

1.SUMMER RULES will be in effect when the course is in good shape.  Tournament Chairs will determine and post when Winter Rules are in effect.  Tee to green, a ball must be marked and may be lifted and cleaned, without penalty, and placed within 6 inches of where it originally lay, not nearer the hole.

2. BARE SPOTS: In the fairway only, the ball may be dropped within one club length on the nearest grass, no nearer the hole.  No penalty.

3. WATER HAZARDS: Holes #4 and #11 are water hazards defined by yellow stakes . Hole #17 is played as a lateral hazard from the red tee. You may play the ball from the hazard without grounding the club – no penalty, or you may take relief under rule 26 1-a and 26 1-b.  A drop area will be designated for water holes #4 and #11.  After failed attempts to hit over the water, you may opt to hit from a designated drop area by adding an additional 1 stroke for doing so (e.g. hit first ball into water, 1 stroke, back to tee- 2nd stroke, go to drop- 3rd stroke, hitting 4th stroke at the drop).  Drop areas may be used during a qualifying round.  You cannot tee the ball up in the drop area.  ALSO, drop areas do not apply for major tournaments (Match Play or Club Championship) or Captain’s Day Trophy.

4. LATERAL WATER HAZARDS: Holes # 1,3,10 and 12 are lateral hazards defined by red stakes or lines. Hole #17 is played as a lateral hazard from the red tee. You may play the ball from the hazard without grounding the club – no penalty, or you may take relief under rule 26 1-a, 1-b, or 1-c.

5. ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE AREA (ESA): Environmentally Sensitive Areas are defined as any hole, cast or runway reasonably believed to have been occupied by or made by a burrowing owl. Play from there is PROHIBITED. Relief MUST be taken pursuant to Rule 25-1b or 25-1c if located or lost therein.

6.WATERFOWL FENCING: Fences and other devices which are installed seasonally to help protect greens from migratory birds are defined as temporary immovable obstructions. If a player’s ball is located outside the hazard, the player is entitled to relief, not nearer the hole at no penalty. If a player’s ball is located within the hazard, the options for relief from the fencing are: (a) a ball drop within the hazard, not nearer the hole without penalty or (b) a ball drop outside the hazard, not nearer the hole at a penalty of one stroke.

7. OUT OF BOUNDS: Out of bounds (Rule 27) are defined by boundary stakes and are located on the following holes: #1 (right.), #7 (right), #8 (right),  #9 (right and rear), #10 (left), #12 (right and rear), #13 (left and rear), #15 (rear), #16 (left), #18 (right and rear).  No relief from stakes or fences defining out of bounds.

8. IMMOVABLE OBSTRUCTIONS Immovable obstructions (Rule 24) are defined as: artificially surfaced golf cart paths and headers; sprinkler heads; drainage ditches and irrigation control boxes; staked trees; 150 and 100 yard markers; manholes and related systems; the retaining wall on hole #10 is an integral part of the course.  If a ball lies off the putting green but not in a hazard and an immovable obstruction on or within two club-lengths of the putting green and within two club-lengths of the ball intervenes on the line of play between the ball and the hole, the player may take relief as follows: the ball must be lifted and dropped at the nearest point to where the ball lay that (a) is not nearer the hole, (b) avoids intervention and (c) is not in a hazard or a putting green. The ball may be cleaned when lifted.

9. GROUND UNDER REPAIR (GUR): Do not hit out of GUR in areas where play is prohibited.  Take complete relief, including fences surrounding GUR, at nearest point, no closer to the hole (Rule 25 1-b)

10.MOVABLE OBSTRUCTIONS (Rule 24-1): Stones in bunkers are defined as movable obstructions.

11. BIRD DROPPINGS:  If a player’s ball lies on, next to or has feces adhering to the ball, the player may mark, lift, clean the ball and place it within 6 inches of the original spot, no closer to the hole.

Revised    April 2007