Chas hits his Par-3 tee shot into thick rough and then decelerates on the tricky chip shot, hitting his ball twice and leaving it in the rough. This time he practices his intended chip shot at the side of the ball hitting the top of a hidden ball lying in the rough. When he does strike his own ball it is a good one, coming to rest on the putting green twenty feet from the hole. He flattens a heel mark on his line of putt and holes out the long putt. What is Chas's score for the hole?
(The answer is below)
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19th Hole Titbit - Do You Know?
A player may ask anyone the distance from any point A to any point B. Definition of Advice.
Information on distance is not advice.
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Answer:
Chas scores 7 for the hole.
1 - Tee shot.
2 & 3 - First chip and one penalty stroke for the double hit (Rule 14-4).
4 - Second chip onto the putting green. Note: There is no penalty for accidentally hitting a concealed ball (Decision 7-2/7).
5 & 6 -Two penalty strokes for repairing damage to the putting green that was not an old hole plug or caused by the impact of a ball (Rule 16-1c).
7 - Long putt into the hole.
Question:
After two strokes on a Par-5 Gary's ball lies two inches outside of a yellow line defining a water hazard. In making his stroke, with part of his stance inside the hazard, he grounds his club inside the hazard. He also moves a loose palm frond in the hazard as he starts his backswing. The stroke is sliced and his ball comes to rest underneath branches of a bush. Because the ground is wet he takes his wet suit trousers from his bag folds them and kneels on them to make his stroke. He advances his ball down the fairway and takes another three strokes to hole out. What is Gary's score for the hole?
(The answer is below)
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Answer:
Gary scores 9 for the hole.
1 & 2 - Two strokes to just outside the margin of the water hazard.
Note: There is no penalty for grounding his club or touching the loose impediment on his backswing as his ball did not lie within the margin of the water hazard.
3 - Sliced stroke to the bush.
4 & 5 - Two penalty strokes for building a stance (Decision 13-3/2).
6 - Ball advanced down the fairway.
7 to 9 - Two strokes to hole out.
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
STLGA Local Rules
Local Rules
1. The player may take relief from all ropes, posts and railroad ties. The player must lift the ball and drop it, without penalty, within one club length of and not nearer the hole than the nearest point of relief.
2. The player may take relief from fire ants, poison ivy, and poison oak. The player must lift the ball and drop it, without penalty, within one club length of and not nearer the hole than the nearest point of relief.
3. Winter rules are in place year round. The player is permitted to lift, clean, and place the ball in her own fairway, six (6) inches of the original position and not nearer the hole.
4. Waste areas are designated by the absence of rakes. The player may take relief if the ball lies in a footprint, rut, or tire track or if the ball is embedded in its own pitch mark. The player may place the ball, without penalty, within one club length of and not nearer the hole than the nearest point of relief. There is no penalty for grounding your club in a waste area.
5. The player may take relief if the ball lies in a crevice or gulley within a bunker. The player may place the ball, without penalty, within the bunker, within one club length of and not nearer the hole than the nearest point of relief.
6. Any drainage ditch (wet or dry) on the course will be played as a lateral hazard. Follow the appropriate procedure as it outlined in Rule 26. Water Hazards (Including Lateral Water Hazards)
7. Water Hazards: (Yellow Stakes) Where there is a designated drop area, try to get over the water once. If unsuccessful, carry to the drop area, add two (2) strokes to your score (one for the shot, one for the penalty). Drop the ball in the drop area. Where there is no designated drop area (Byrd #13 and Jones #8), try to get over the water once. If unsuccessful, carry to the drop area (right side of cart path on Byrd #13 and left side of cart path on Jones #8). Add two (2) strokes to your score (one for the shot, one for the penalty.) Remember, this rule applies to water hazards (yellow stakes) only and not lateral hazards (red stakes).
8. Hole #7 on the Maples course has both red and yellow stakes. The red stakes identify the lateral hazard and the yellow stakes identify the water hazard. The designated ball drop is used only when the player’s ball enters the yellow staked water hazard, including the tee shot for the long ball hitters. If the player’s ball enters this water hazard, she can proceed to the ball drop, adding two (2) strokes to her score (one for the shot and one for the penalty). Due to the condition of this drop area, a player is entitled to place her ball. A player who hits her tee shot into the red staked lateral hazard is not entitled to proceed to the ball drop area.
9. Hole #5 on the Jones course has a designated drop area that can be used only if the player’s tee shot enters the water hazard. Should the player’s tee shot clear the water but the next shot enters the water hazard, the player must follow the appropriate procedure as it outlined in Rule 26. Water Hazards (Including Lateral Water Hazards)
10. When the game of the week is "Least Putts," the procedure is as follows: A putt is counted only when the ball rests on the green before the stroke is taken.
11. If the player’s ball lies in a landscaped area or pine straw anywhere on the course, she must play the ball as it lies. She does not get any relief from a ditch that encircles the pine straw unless the Tournament Co Chairs deem it necessary to invoke the “seasonal rule” regarding deep ditches around the pine straw resulting from the seasonal edging.
Note: - On Byrd #13 if ball goes into water anywhere in front of green or to the right of the green it is played as a water hazard and player must proceed to drop area. (This area is all yellow staked.)
1. The player may take relief from all ropes, posts and railroad ties. The player must lift the ball and drop it, without penalty, within one club length of and not nearer the hole than the nearest point of relief.
2. The player may take relief from fire ants, poison ivy, and poison oak. The player must lift the ball and drop it, without penalty, within one club length of and not nearer the hole than the nearest point of relief.
3. Winter rules are in place year round. The player is permitted to lift, clean, and place the ball in her own fairway, six (6) inches of the original position and not nearer the hole.
4. Waste areas are designated by the absence of rakes. The player may take relief if the ball lies in a footprint, rut, or tire track or if the ball is embedded in its own pitch mark. The player may place the ball, without penalty, within one club length of and not nearer the hole than the nearest point of relief. There is no penalty for grounding your club in a waste area.
5. The player may take relief if the ball lies in a crevice or gulley within a bunker. The player may place the ball, without penalty, within the bunker, within one club length of and not nearer the hole than the nearest point of relief.
6. Any drainage ditch (wet or dry) on the course will be played as a lateral hazard. Follow the appropriate procedure as it outlined in Rule 26. Water Hazards (Including Lateral Water Hazards)
7. Water Hazards: (Yellow Stakes) Where there is a designated drop area, try to get over the water once. If unsuccessful, carry to the drop area, add two (2) strokes to your score (one for the shot, one for the penalty). Drop the ball in the drop area. Where there is no designated drop area (Byrd #13 and Jones #8), try to get over the water once. If unsuccessful, carry to the drop area (right side of cart path on Byrd #13 and left side of cart path on Jones #8). Add two (2) strokes to your score (one for the shot, one for the penalty.) Remember, this rule applies to water hazards (yellow stakes) only and not lateral hazards (red stakes).
8. Hole #7 on the Maples course has both red and yellow stakes. The red stakes identify the lateral hazard and the yellow stakes identify the water hazard. The designated ball drop is used only when the player’s ball enters the yellow staked water hazard, including the tee shot for the long ball hitters. If the player’s ball enters this water hazard, she can proceed to the ball drop, adding two (2) strokes to her score (one for the shot and one for the penalty). Due to the condition of this drop area, a player is entitled to place her ball. A player who hits her tee shot into the red staked lateral hazard is not entitled to proceed to the ball drop area.
9. Hole #5 on the Jones course has a designated drop area that can be used only if the player’s tee shot enters the water hazard. Should the player’s tee shot clear the water but the next shot enters the water hazard, the player must follow the appropriate procedure as it outlined in Rule 26. Water Hazards (Including Lateral Water Hazards)
10. When the game of the week is "Least Putts," the procedure is as follows: A putt is counted only when the ball rests on the green before the stroke is taken.
11. If the player’s ball lies in a landscaped area or pine straw anywhere on the course, she must play the ball as it lies. She does not get any relief from a ditch that encircles the pine straw unless the Tournament Co Chairs deem it necessary to invoke the “seasonal rule” regarding deep ditches around the pine straw resulting from the seasonal edging.
Note: - On Byrd #13 if ball goes into water anywhere in front of green or to the right of the green it is played as a water hazard and player must proceed to drop area. (This area is all yellow staked.)
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