LOCAL RULES EFFECTIVE 1st SEPTEMBER 2026
1. Ground Under Repair:  GUR is marked by a white line or stakes.  When the margin of ground under repair is defined by stakes, the stakes are inside the ground under repair and the margin of the ground under repair is defined by the nearest outside points of the stakes at ground level. Relief must be taken under Rule 16.1 from all areas marked “GUR play prohibited”.  
2. Bunkers: Bunkers which are clearly marked with a stake in or immediately alongside are designated GUR and part of the general area.  If a player’s ball lies in the bunker or the bunker interferes with the player’s stance or the area of intended swing, the player may take relief outside the bunker, without penalty, in accordance with Rule 16.1b. All other bunkers on the course, regardless of their condition and whether they contain water, maintain their status as bunkers.
3. Immovable Obstructions:  Relief under Rule 16.1a may be taken from the following:
i. The protective fence on the left of the 5th fairway: The fence is an abnormal course condition (immovable obstruction). The netting, posts and boarding and the metal stanchions which support the structure all form part of it.  The outer perimeter of the obstruction is defined by the fence and outer edges of the stanchions and includes the area within those.  Free relief may be taken under rule 16.1a, but note there is NO line-of-sight relief.  An extra relief option is a drop zone indicated by a black stake in the ground near the fence.  Players using this option should drop their ball within one club length of the stake in any direction.
ii. Green-Keeping Access Paths: If a player's ball in play comes to rest on the following established green-keeping access paths:
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a. 10th and 11th holes: Green keepers track running between 10th and 11th holes (and up to greenkeepers’ shed on 11th) and across the ridge of the 10th hole.
b. 12th hole: To the left of the fairway up to and including a drain cover beside the temporary green (12A) about 100 yards from the 12th green.
c. 18th hole: The track to the right of the hole and the track across the fairway which starts at the roadside gate and crosses to the opposite edge of the fairway.
iv. Hoops, Ropes & Stakes/Posts: The hoops, ropes and their supporting stakes used to protect the course from excessive wear must not be moved as they are deemed to be immovable obstructions and relief may be taken under Rule 16.1
v. Other immovable obstructions include: Artificially surfaced pathways, fairway yardage marker discs, sprinkler heads, water valve covers, inspection covers and the drain hole on the 1st green (if on the line of the intended putt); supporting posts of bells on holes 10 and 18, black post indicating drop zone on 5th hole, ball washers, benches, staked trees or tube-protected trees, permanent rope and post fences.
4. Out of Bounds (Rule 18.2): Beyond any hedge or fence defining the edge of the course.  White stakes may be used to define the boundary; they are boundary objects from which there is no free relief, and they must not be moved.  Where a closed gate is attached to a boundary hedge or fence it must not be moved as it forms part of the boundary.  An open gate may be closed or moved to a different position.  There is no free relief from badger fences as these are situated OOB.
5.   Prohibiting Play from Fringe of Wrong Green:  
If a player must take relief under rule 13.1f because their ball comes to rest on the putting green of holes 3, 5 or 10 when playing a different hole (wrong green), they must also take relief if their ball comes to rest on the fringe of any of those greens.  In either case the nearest point of complete relief must be at least two club lengths from the edge of the green.

Generated by the Golfing Committee
SEPTEMBER 1ST 2026