OUT OF BOUNDS:  Homeowners’ property lines, walls, fences, streets and parking lots shall define out-of bounds when white stakes are not present.

GROUND UNDER REPAIR:  All newly sodded areas, landscaped areas, areas outlined by white lines, staked trees and embedded stones in the turf area are ground-under-repair from which play is prohibited.  If a player’s ball lies within the area or if it interferes with the player’s stance or his intended swing, the player must take relief under rule 25-1. 

EMBEDDED BALL:  Through the green, a ball that is embedded in it’s own pitch mark in the ground, other than sand, may be lifted without penalty, cleaned and dropped as near as possible to where it lay but not nearer the hole.  “Through the green” is the whole area of the course except a) the teeing ground and putting green of the hole being played; and b) all hazards on the course. 

STONES IN BUNKERS are moveable obstructions. Rule 24-1 applies.  If the ball moves while removing the stones, it must be replaced, without penalty, providing the movement is directly attributed to the removal of the stones. 

FRENCH DRAINS are obstructions. Rule 24-2 applies.  The player may lift the ball and drop it, without penalty, within one club-length of and not nearer the hole than the nearest point of relief. 

PROVISIONAL BALL ON HOLES WITH LATERAL HAZARD:  If there is doubt whether a ball is in or is lost in the lateral water hazard on holes # 2, 6, 9, 12, 16 and 17 a player may play another ball provisionally.  If the original ball is found in the hazard, the player may either play the original ball as it lies OR continue with the provisional ball, but he may not proceed under Rule 26-1 with regards to the original ball. 

GREENSIDE IRRIGATION HEADS are immovable obstructions.  If a ball lies off the putting green and the irrigation head is within two club-lengths of the putting green and is within two club-lengths of the ball and intervenes on the line of play to the hole, the player may take relief as follows:  The ball may be lifted and dropped at the nearest point to where the ball lay that a) is not nearer the hole and b) avoids intervention and c) is not in a hazard or on the putting green.  The ball may be cleaned when lifted.  Rules of golf pages 110-111. 

AERATION HOLES:  Relief for a ball that comes to rest on or in an aeration hole or “slice” is permitted.  The ball may be lifted, without penalty, cleaned and dropped as near as possible to the spot where it lay but not nearer the hole. 

BALL DROP AREAS may be used on holes # 3, 8, 13, and 15 if a player’s ball comes to rest within the lateral water hazard.  They are located at the Yellow tee on holes #3, 13, and 15 and forward of the Yellow tee on hole #8.  Pink Stakes indicate Lady Niner only ball drops on #13 and #15.  A player may NOT use the ball drop areas for balls lost in the desert or out of bounds.  A penalty of one stroke must be taken when using the ball drop area. 

Rev. 2-09

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