INDIAN WELLS SENIOR MEN'S GOLF ASSOCIATION- 2005

 

RULES OF PLAY

 

PREAMBLE- USGA RULES GOVERN ALL PLAY; EXCEPT WHERE LOCAL RULES FOR SPECIFIC

GOLF COURSES HAVE BEEN ADOPTED.

 

LOCAL RULES ADOPTED BY THE MEMBERS AT INDIAN WELLS GOLF CLUB:

 

1. PREFERRED LIES (WINTER RULES) ARE PERMITTED YEAR ROUND IN YOUR OWN FAIRWAY

ONLY. MOVE THE BALL WITH YOUR CLUBHEAD A MAXIMUM OF SIX INCHES, BUT NOT CLOSER TO THE HOLE.

 

2. BALL DROPS ARE PERMITTED ON HOLES 2, 3, 14 AND 17 WITH A ONE STROKE PEANL TY. IF NO MARKERS

ARE IN PLACE, THE DROP ON 17 IS JUST FORWARD OF THE RED TEE; THE DROP ON 3 IS ON THE RED TEE.

THESE BALL DROPS DO NOT APPL Y IF YOUR BALL IS OUT OF BOUNDS OR LOST.

 

3. A LIFT, CLEAN AND PLACE RULE IS IN EFFECT WHEN POWER CARTS ARE NOT ALLOWED ON THE

FAIRWAYS. THIS RULE APPLIES THRU THE GREEN, WHICH IS ALL THE GOLF COURSE, EXCEPT HAZARDS

AND BUNKERS. MARK THE BALL AND PLACE IT WITHIN ONE CLUB LENGHT OF THE ORIGINAL

POSITION, NO NEARER THE HOLE.

 

4. A FREE DROP IS PERMITTED IF A ROOT OR LIVE FIRE ANT MOUND INTERFERES WITH YOUR STANCE

OR PATH OF THE SWING. BALL SHOULD BE DROPPED AT THE NEAREST POINT OF RELIEF, NOT CLOSER TO THE HOLE.

 

5. A FREE DROP IS REQUIRED IF YOUR BALL COMES TO REST IN ANY FLOWER BED SUCH AS BETWEEN

THE 12th GREEN AND THE 13th TEE. DROP YOUR BALL AT THE NEAREST POINT OF RELIEF, NOT CLOSER TO THE HOLE.

 

6. THE WOODS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF HOLE 11 IS CONSIDERED PART OF THE DRAINAGE DITCH MARKED

A LATERAL WATER HAZARD. YOU MAY USE ANY OF THE OPTIONS UNDER USGA RULES FOR LATERAL

WATER HAZARDS. YOU MAY DROP YOUR BALL WITHIN TWO CLUB LENGHTS OF THE PLACE YOUR BALL

CROSSED THE HAZARD, WITH A ONE STROKE PENALTY. IF YOUR BALL WAS PLAYED FROM THE TEE,

YOU MAY RE- TEE, AGAIN WITH A ONE-STROKE PENALTY.

 

7. FREE DROPS ARE PERMITTED IN THESE SITUATIONS:

    A. THE DRIVING RANGE FENCE ON HOLES 11 AND 18. HOWEVER, INSIDE THE

         FENCE ON THE RANGE IS OUT OF BOUNDS.

    B. ALL DRAINAGE DITCHES NOT STAKED AS HAZARDS.

    C. GROUND UNDER REPAIR, MARKED OR UNMARKED.

    D. CART PATHS

    E. SAND TRAPS IN FOOTPRINT ONLY. (RAKE/PLACE).

    IN ALL CASES YOUR DROP IS WITHIN ONE CLUB LENGTH OF THE NEAREST POINT

    OF COMPLETE RELIEF FOR STANCE AND SWING, NO CLOSER TO THE HOLE.

 

7. OUT OF BOUNDS ON HOLES 16 AND 18 ARE ACROSS THE DITCH ON YOUR RIGHT.

    THE DITCHES THEMSELVES ARE TO BE TREATED AS LATERAL HAZARDS.

 

8. MULCHED AREAS AROUND TREES AND PLANTS. IF YOUR BALL COMES TO REST IN 

    A MULCHED AREA AROUND TREES AND PLANTS YOU MAY  DROP WITHOUT

    PENALTY AT THE NEAREST POINT OF RELIEF WITHIN ONE CLUB LENGTH AFTER

     TAKING STANCE NO NEARER THE HOLE.

 

9. THIS LEAGUE IS DESIGNATED AS A PRIMARY GOLD TEE LEAGUE EXCEPT FOR

     THOSE PLAYERS WHO HAVE HANDICAPS OF 38 OR MORE WHO MAY CHOOSE TO

     PLAY FROM THE RED TEES. THE TEE BOX FOR THE GOLD PLAYERS ON HOLE # 3

     WILL  BE  THE TEE BOX IMMEDIATELY IN FRONT OF THE GOLD TEE BOX. IF THE

      MAINTANENCE CREW DOES NOT PLACE THE GOLD MARKERS ON THAT TEE BOX,

      MEMBERS WILL TEE OF FROM THE BACK OF THAT TEE .

 

 

THIS IS A LIST OF THE LOCAL RULES IN EFFECT AS OF MARCH 3, 2004. THE NEW RULES

ARE THE ADDITIONAL BALL DROP ON HOLE #2 AND RULES 8 AND 9.