OUT OF BOUNDS

Beyond all fences, walls or hedges bounding the course, or beyond any lines of white posts acting as boundary markers. (Defs. and Rule 27 apply).

HAZARDS

Water hazards are defined by yellow stakes. Lateral water hazards by red stakes. (Rule 26 applies).

IMMOVABLE OBSTRUCTIONS

Bridges, yardage discs, markers and all roads and pathways. (Rule 24-2 applies). Protection of young trees identified by staking. If such a tree interferes with a player’s stance or the area of intended swing, the ball must be lifted, without penalty, and dropped in accordance with the procedure prescribed in

Rule 24-2b(i). The ball may be cleaned when so lifted. All fixed sprinkler heads and water system covers are immovable obstructions and relief from interference by them may be obtained under Rule 24-2.  In addition if such an obstruction on or within two club-lengths of the putting green of the hole being played intervenes on the line between the ball and the hole, the player may obtain relief, without penalty, as follows: If the ball lies off the putting green but not in a hazard and is within two club-lengths of the intervening obstruction, it may be lifted, cleaned and dropped at the nearest point to where the ball lay which (a) is not nearer the hole, (b) avoids such intervention and (c) is not in a hazard or on a putting green.

MOVABLE OBSTRUCTIONS

Stones in bunkers are movable obstructions.

Rule 24-1 applies.

GROUND UNDER REPAIR - G.U.R.

Play is prohibited from all newly seeded/turfed areas (with the exception of seeded divots from which relief is not allowed). If a player’s ball lies in such an area or if such an area of G.U.R. interferes with the player’s stance or the area of intended swing the player must take relief under Rule 25-1. All tyre and tractor marks may be classed as G.U.R. and relief may be taken as prescribed in  Rule 25-1(b).

PENALTY FOR BREACH OF LOCAL RULE:

Match Play - Loss of Hole;

Stroke Play - Two Strokes.