SADDLEBROOKE GOLF CLUB
LOCAL RULES AND COURSE INFORMATION
Play is governed by the Rules of Golf of the R&A and USGA and the following Local Rules.”
NEW LOCAL RULE OPTION FOR BALL WHICH IS LOST OR OUT OF BOUNDS. (THIS DOES NOT APPLY TO BALL THAT IS LOST IN PENALTY AREA OR IF A PROVISIONAL BALL HAS BEEN PLAYED).
When a player’s ball cannot be found or is known or virtually certain to be out of bounds, the player may proceed as follows rather than proceeding under stroke and distance. For TWO penalty strokes, the player may take relief by dropping the original ball or a substituted ball in the relief area between where the ball is estimated to have come to rest or gone out of bounds and the edge of the fairway that is not nearer the hole.
For purposes of this Local Rule, “fairway” means any area of grass in the GENERAL AREA that is cut to fairway height or less.
NO PLAY ZONE (Decorative Rock Areas and Blue Staked Areas): Any landscaped area containing decorative rock shall be played as Ground Under Repair from which play is prohibited, and you must take relief, without penalty under Rule 2.4. The new Blue Staked Area encompassing the Driving Range on the left and the Practice Areas behind SaddleBrooke Hole #9 and Tucson Hole #9 will now also be designated as NO PLAY ZONES with relief as above. Penalty for breach: Stroke Play – Two Strokes; Match Play – Loss of Hole. Any ball struck toward such areas that has not been found is to be played under Rule 16.1.
OUT OF BOUNDS: defined by property lines and the curbs of any roadway bordering the course, and within those boundaries, any white stakes, lines and/or white painted curbs.
GROUND UNDER REPAIR: Areas of the course marked with white painted lines are “Ground Under Repair” and relief may be obtained, without penalty, under Rule 16.1. Relief is not optional for Decorative Rock Areas, Blue Staked Areas or Young Trees (see below), or if the area is designated as one from which play is prohibited – relief is mandatory, without penalty.
YOUNG TREES: The area under, and within the white lines around all new trees on the course, is Ground Under Repair from which play is PROHIBITED. If a player’s ball lies in any of these areas, or if a tree, or the ground around it, interferes with the player’s stance or the area of his intended swing, the player MUST take relief under Rule 16.1. The ball may be cleaned when lifted under the Local Rule. Penalty for breach: Stroke Play – Two Strokes; Match Play – Loss of Hole.
IMMOVEABLE OBSTRUCTIONS CLOSE TO THE PUTTING GREEN: If a ball lies off the putting green, but not in a PENALTY AREA OR BUNKER, and an immoveable obstruction that is 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 PENALTY AREA or on a putting green. The ball may be cleaned when lifted.
If the player’s ball lies on the PUTTING GREEN and an immoveable obstruction within two club lengths of the putting green intervenes on his line of putt, the player may take relief as follows: The ball must be lifted and placed at the nearest point where the ball lay which (a) is not nearer the hole, (b) avoids intervention and (c) is not in a PENALTY AREA. The ball may be cleaned when lifted. Penalty for Breach: Stoke Play – Two Strokes; Match Play – Loss of Hole.
DRAINAGE AREAS: Free relief, except in a PENALTY AREA, under Rule 16.1 from all concrete drainage inlets and outlets, large rocks in drainage channels, concrete culverts and pads, and French drains.
Bridges on Catalina 5 and 7: The first cart bridge on Catalina 5 and the cart bridge on Catalina 7 are immovable obstructions with relief without penalty under Rule 16.1. On Catalina 5, the second cart bridge and the foot bridge are in the PENALTY AREA and the player MUST play the ball as it lies, or take relief under penalty of one stroke, Rule 17.1.
Free relief from any concrete soil retention grids and attached bare dirt areas at the entrances or exits of concrete bridges is available under Rule 16.1.
For a ball in the PENALTY AREA on SaddleBrooke Hole 2, the player may: (i) proceed under Rule 17.1 or (ii) as an additional option, drop a ball under penalty of one stroke in the designated Drop Zone(s). Penalty for Breach: Stroke Play – Two Strokes; Match Play – Loss of Hole.
EMBEDDED BALL: A ball that is embedded in its own pitch-mark in the GENERAL AREA, other than in sand, may be lifted without penalty. In taking relief, the player will drop the original ball or a substituted ball within the RELIEF AREA. A player may not take relief under this Local Rule if it is clearly unreasonable for him to make a stroke because of interference by anything other than the condition covered by this Rule. Penalty for Breach: Stroke Play – Two Strokes; Match Play – Loss of hole. (Rule 16.3b).
GENERAL AREA means the area of the course that covers all of the course except for the other four defined areas: (1) the TEEING AREA of the hole you are playing, (2) all PENALTY AREAS, (3) all BUNKERS, and (4) the PUTTING GREEN of the hole you are playing. The GENERAL AREA includes all teeing locations on the course other than the TEEING AREA of the hole being played, and all wrong greens. Before lifting the ball, the player MUST mark its position, Rule 14.1a. When the ball MUST be replaced after it was lifted or moved, the original ball MUST be used, Rule 14.2a. Having marked and lifted the ball, the player MUST replace the ball on its original spot (which if not known MUST be estimated), Rule 14.2c.
AERATION HOLES: In the GENERAL AREA, a ball that comes to rest in or on an aeration hole may be lifted, without penalty, cleaned and dropped in the RELIEF AREA, Rule 16.1b. The ball when dropped must first strike a part of the course in the GENERAL AREA. The original ball or substituted ball may be used. On the PUTTING GREEN, a ball that comes to rest in or on an aeration hole may be placed in the RELIEF AREA that avoids the condition. The original ball or substituted ball may be used, Rule 16.1d.
PREFERRED LIES (Lift, Clean and Place): After adverse weather conditions or during periods of heavy irrigation after over-seeding, the head golf professional may declare that “preferred lies” may be used in the GENERAL AREA of the course and the following Local Rule shall apply only during that designated period:
A ball lying in the GENERAL AREA (or any other restricted area defined by the head golf professional) may be lifted, without penalty, and cleaned.
Note: DROPPING BALL IN RELIEF AREA: You may use any ball each time you drop or place a ball under Rule 14.3a.
PACE OF PLAY: Under normal conditions, expected pace of play is 2 hours and 5 minutes per nine holes. When the course is restricted to cart path only, expected pace of play is 2 hours and 15 minutes per nine holes. The course rangers are authorized to enforce these rules.
FOR DEFINITIONS OF DEFINED AREAS OF THE COURSE, SEE ATTACHED SHEET.
Revised January 1, 2019
DEFINITIONS
January 1, 2019
LOCAL RULES AND COURSE INFORMATION
Play is governed by the Rules of Golf of the R&A and USGA and the following Local Rules.”
NEW LOCAL RULE OPTION FOR BALL WHICH IS LOST OR OUT OF BOUNDS. (THIS DOES NOT APPLY TO BALL THAT IS LOST IN PENALTY AREA OR IF A PROVISIONAL BALL HAS BEEN PLAYED).
When a player’s ball cannot be found or is known or virtually certain to be out of bounds, the player may proceed as follows rather than proceeding under stroke and distance. For TWO penalty strokes, the player may take relief by dropping the original ball or a substituted ball in the relief area between where the ball is estimated to have come to rest or gone out of bounds and the edge of the fairway that is not nearer the hole.
For purposes of this Local Rule, “fairway” means any area of grass in the GENERAL AREA that is cut to fairway height or less.
NO PLAY ZONE (Decorative Rock Areas and Blue Staked Areas): Any landscaped area containing decorative rock shall be played as Ground Under Repair from which play is prohibited, and you must take relief, without penalty under Rule 2.4. The new Blue Staked Area encompassing the Driving Range on the left and the Practice Areas behind SaddleBrooke Hole #9 and Tucson Hole #9 will now also be designated as NO PLAY ZONES with relief as above. Penalty for breach: Stroke Play – Two Strokes; Match Play – Loss of Hole. Any ball struck toward such areas that has not been found is to be played under Rule 16.1.
OUT OF BOUNDS: defined by property lines and the curbs of any roadway bordering the course, and within those boundaries, any white stakes, lines and/or white painted curbs.
GROUND UNDER REPAIR: Areas of the course marked with white painted lines are “Ground Under Repair” and relief may be obtained, without penalty, under Rule 16.1. Relief is not optional for Decorative Rock Areas, Blue Staked Areas or Young Trees (see below), or if the area is designated as one from which play is prohibited – relief is mandatory, without penalty.
YOUNG TREES: The area under, and within the white lines around all new trees on the course, is Ground Under Repair from which play is PROHIBITED. If a player’s ball lies in any of these areas, or if a tree, or the ground around it, interferes with the player’s stance or the area of his intended swing, the player MUST take relief under Rule 16.1. The ball may be cleaned when lifted under the Local Rule. Penalty for breach: Stroke Play – Two Strokes; Match Play – Loss of Hole.
IMMOVEABLE OBSTRUCTIONS CLOSE TO THE PUTTING GREEN: If a ball lies off the putting green, but not in a PENALTY AREA OR BUNKER, and an immoveable obstruction that is 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 PENALTY AREA or on a putting green. The ball may be cleaned when lifted.
If the player’s ball lies on the PUTTING GREEN and an immoveable obstruction within two club lengths of the putting green intervenes on his line of putt, the player may take relief as follows: The ball must be lifted and placed at the nearest point where the ball lay which (a) is not nearer the hole, (b) avoids intervention and (c) is not in a PENALTY AREA. The ball may be cleaned when lifted. Penalty for Breach: Stoke Play – Two Strokes; Match Play – Loss of Hole.
DRAINAGE AREAS: Free relief, except in a PENALTY AREA, under Rule 16.1 from all concrete drainage inlets and outlets, large rocks in drainage channels, concrete culverts and pads, and French drains.
Bridges on Catalina 5 and 7: The first cart bridge on Catalina 5 and the cart bridge on Catalina 7 are immovable obstructions with relief without penalty under Rule 16.1. On Catalina 5, the second cart bridge and the foot bridge are in the PENALTY AREA and the player MUST play the ball as it lies, or take relief under penalty of one stroke, Rule 17.1.
Free relief from any concrete soil retention grids and attached bare dirt areas at the entrances or exits of concrete bridges is available under Rule 16.1.
For a ball in the PENALTY AREA on SaddleBrooke Hole 2, the player may: (i) proceed under Rule 17.1 or (ii) as an additional option, drop a ball under penalty of one stroke in the designated Drop Zone(s). Penalty for Breach: Stroke Play – Two Strokes; Match Play – Loss of Hole.
EMBEDDED BALL: A ball that is embedded in its own pitch-mark in the GENERAL AREA, other than in sand, may be lifted without penalty. In taking relief, the player will drop the original ball or a substituted ball within the RELIEF AREA. A player may not take relief under this Local Rule if it is clearly unreasonable for him to make a stroke because of interference by anything other than the condition covered by this Rule. Penalty for Breach: Stroke Play – Two Strokes; Match Play – Loss of hole. (Rule 16.3b).
GENERAL AREA means the area of the course that covers all of the course except for the other four defined areas: (1) the TEEING AREA of the hole you are playing, (2) all PENALTY AREAS, (3) all BUNKERS, and (4) the PUTTING GREEN of the hole you are playing. The GENERAL AREA includes all teeing locations on the course other than the TEEING AREA of the hole being played, and all wrong greens. Before lifting the ball, the player MUST mark its position, Rule 14.1a. When the ball MUST be replaced after it was lifted or moved, the original ball MUST be used, Rule 14.2a. Having marked and lifted the ball, the player MUST replace the ball on its original spot (which if not known MUST be estimated), Rule 14.2c.
AERATION HOLES: In the GENERAL AREA, a ball that comes to rest in or on an aeration hole may be lifted, without penalty, cleaned and dropped in the RELIEF AREA, Rule 16.1b. The ball when dropped must first strike a part of the course in the GENERAL AREA. The original ball or substituted ball may be used. On the PUTTING GREEN, a ball that comes to rest in or on an aeration hole may be placed in the RELIEF AREA that avoids the condition. The original ball or substituted ball may be used, Rule 16.1d.
PREFERRED LIES (Lift, Clean and Place): After adverse weather conditions or during periods of heavy irrigation after over-seeding, the head golf professional may declare that “preferred lies” may be used in the GENERAL AREA of the course and the following Local Rule shall apply only during that designated period:
A ball lying in the GENERAL AREA (or any other restricted area defined by the head golf professional) may be lifted, without penalty, and cleaned.
Note: DROPPING BALL IN RELIEF AREA: You may use any ball each time you drop or place a ball under Rule 14.3a.
PACE OF PLAY: Under normal conditions, expected pace of play is 2 hours and 5 minutes per nine holes. When the course is restricted to cart path only, expected pace of play is 2 hours and 15 minutes per nine holes. The course rangers are authorized to enforce these rules.
FOR DEFINITIONS OF DEFINED AREAS OF THE COURSE, SEE ATTACHED SHEET.
Revised January 1, 2019
DEFINITIONS
- GENERAL AREA – the area of the course that covers all of the course EXCEPT (1) the teeing area and putting green of the hole you are playing, (2) all Penalty Areas and (3) all Bunkers.
- NO PLAY ZONE – A part of the course where the committee has prohibited play – Decorative Rock Areas (abnormal course conditions) and Blue Staked Areas.
- PENALTY AREA – Red staked or lined areas from which relief with a one stroke penalty is allowed if your ball comes to rest there. Ball may be played as it lies with no penalty.
- RELIEF AREA – The area where you must drop a ball when taking relief under a Rule. Each relief Rule requires you to use a specific relief area whose size and location are based on three factors: (1) Reference Point, (2) Size of Relief Area Measured from Reference Point and (3) Limits on Location of Relief Area.
- GROUND UNDER REPAIR – Any part of the course the Committee defines to be ground under repair (whether by marking it or otherwise).
- PROVISIONAL BALL – Another ball played in case the ball just played by you may be OUT OF BOUNDS OR LOST OUTSIDE A PENALTY AREA.
- KNOW OR VIRTUALLY CERTAIN – the standard for deciding what happened to your ball, (1) there is conclusive evidence as to what happened to your ball – seen by you or witnessed by others; (2) all reasonably available information indicates it is 95% likely that the event happened.
January 1, 2019