Scorecard Local Rules & Map

Warragul Country Club Local Rules

These rules are to be read in conjunction with the Rules of Golf and temporary Local Rules

OUT OF BOUNDS

1. All ground beyond the club’s boundary fences.
2. The internal carparks.

ABNORMAL COURSE CONDITIONS (RULE 16.1)

GROUND UNDER REPAIR

• All garden beds
• Deep wheel ruts in the general area

STAKED TREES AND STAKED SHRUBS
“Staked trees and shrubs are NO PLAY ZONES and are ground under repair (the GUR includes the state and any wrapping).”

IMMOVABLE OBSTRUCTIONS (EG SPRINKLER HEADS) CLOSE TO PUTTING GREENS – LINE OF PLAY INTERFERENCE
Rule 16.1b applies to immovable obstructions close to putting greens.  In addition to the types of interference described in Rule 16.1a, interference also exists if an immovable obstruction is: on the player’s line of play, and is within two club-lengths of the putting green, and is within two club-lengths of the ball.  (Exception – There is no relief under this Local Rule if the player chooses a line of play that is clearly unreasonable.)”

IMMOVABLE OBSTRUCTIONS

• Artificially surfaced roads, pathways and walkways including raised surface banks on the 3^rd, 4^th, 6^th & 8^th holes
• Gravel road and surrounds of maintenance shed
• All fixed sprinkler heads, GUR stakes, cart directional signs, ropes, satellite stations, sand bins, benches, fixed signs and fences behind 8^th & 9^th tee and toilet blocks

PROVISION BALL FOR BALL IN PENALTY AREA
Relief for ball in Penalty area when playing holes 3 & 4.
If a player does not know whether their ball is in the penalty area on holes 3 & 4, the player may play a provisional ball under Rule 18.3.
Unless otherwise noted, the penalty for a breach of a Local Rule is the general penalty.
(Stroke play – two strokes, match play – loss of hole).

Warragul Country Club Temporary Local Rules

TIO’S – All cart directional signs, stakes & ropes are to be treated as TIO’s.  Relief from a TIO is normally allowed when there is a physical interference or line of sight interference & the player can take “either Side relief” option.

Definition of TIO: A temporary immovable obstruction (TIO) is a structure that is temporarily added on or next to the course, usually for a particular competition, and is fixed or not readily movable.

Relief from cart path edges – Any ball coming to rest in new seeded or turf areas close to cart paths are entitled to relief under GUR.

Relief from Tree Roots in Fairway – If a player’s ball is at rest in a portion of the general area cut to fairway height or less and there is interference from exposed tree roots that are in a part of the general area cut to fairway height or less, the tree roots are treated as ground under repair. The player may take free relief under Rule 16.1b.
(Stroke play – two strokes, match play – loss of hole).

Preferred Lies on Closely Mown Areas – 

When any part of a player’s ball touches 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:

Before lifting the ball, the player must mark its position. Having lifted the ball, the player must place it on a spot within 6 inches of and not nearer the hole than where it originally lay, that is not in a hazard or on a putting green.

A player may place his ball only once, and it is in play when it has been placed. If the ball when placed comes to rest on the spot on which it is placed and subsequently moves, there is no penalty and the ball must be played as it lies, unless the provisions of any other Rule apply.

If the player fails to mark the position of the ball before lifting it or, on a closely-mown area, moves the ball in any other manner, such as rolling it with a club, they incurs a penalty of one stroke.

Note: “Closely-mown area” means any area of the course, including paths through the rough, cut to fairway height or less.

Preferred Lies in 18^th Hole Bunkers

For a short period effective from 4^th May 2024, a preferred lies ruling in the 18^th bunkers is being introduced due to the sand being new and not yet settled. Any ball landing in a bunker may be lifted and placed, within 6 inches, not nearer the hole. Players are still expected to smooth out footprints as they leave the bunker.

Note: The grass area of the bunker is not preferred lies.