Local Golf Rules

1. 15cms preferred lie on closely mown areas of the golf course.

2. 15cms preferred lie in The General Area of Hole 3 and Hole 8.

3. 15cms preferred lie in the General Area for the Ladies on Hole 4.

1. Ground beyond boundary fences, including all perimeter fences and walls.

2. Cooks River – defined by steel retaining wall.

3. Area beyond black/white posts at rear of Hole 13, left side of Hole 14, right of Hole 3, Hole 17, and Hole 18. 

4. Clubhouse and greenkeeper compounds.

5. Area beyond black/white posts at Eastern side of Visitors carpark between the golf course and Mahoney Reserve extending behind the Fifth, Seventh and Practice Zone Tees to the Cooks River.

1. All internal wooden guide posts, guards, chains, roadway railings and marker stakes.

2. Pump house on left side of fairway on Hole 16 (not line of sight).

3. All trees and shrubs under two (2) club lengths in height, and all staked trees and shrubs.

4. Cement, brick, stone, or wooden, tee & ornamental garden supports.

If an internal wire guard interferes with a player’s stance or the area of the player’s intended swing, the ball may be lifted and dropped in accordance with Rule 16.1b.

Exception: External Boundary guards at Hole 3, 4, 11, 14, 15 and clubhouse side of Hole 18, no relief is permitted. Relief from struts supporting the guards is permitted.

1. Bare patches on closely mown areas of the course.

2. Areas defined by white lines, hoops or stakes.

3. Bark chips at the base of trees are considered an integral part of the course. No relief is permitted, and the ball must be played as it lies. Mounds of Bark Chips or sand/dirt not at the base of a tree. Free relief under rule.16.1b

4. Abnormal Course Condition at the top left of Hole 8 as defined by white stakes. If a ball is known or virtually certain to be lost in this area, then free relief as per Rule 16.1e.

5. Hole 17 - If player’s ball comes to rest on the woodchip located on the right-hand side of hole 17, OR against the hessian on the fairway side, the player may take relief under Rule 16.1b.

6. Hole 4 - If a ball is in the ground under repair including when it is known or virtually certain that a ball that has not been found came to rest in the ground under repair, the player may: take free relief by dropping the original ball or another ball in the dropping zone [located near the base of the forward tee and to the right of the path] . The dropping zone is an additional relief area under Rule 14.3.

Hole 3 – A player’s ball coming to rest in the garden at the rear of the 3rd green, and found, can then take Free Relief as per Rule 16.1b.

If a player’s ball is in the General Area and there is interference from exposed tree roots that are in a part of the area cut to fairway height or less or in the rough within one club-length of the edge of the fairway, the tree roots are treated as Ground Under Repair. The player may take free relief under Rule 16.1b. Interference does not exist if the tree roots only interfere with the player’s stance. Penalty for Playing Ball from a Wrong Place in Breach of Local Rule: General Penalty under Rule 14.7a.

A ball found coming to rest on a roadway or worn pathway (ie. entering or leaving a tee) may be dropped in accordance with Rule 16.1b, this includes the unsealed access roadway along the 17th fairway south of OOB to the clubhouse.

Drop Zones are 1 Club Length, either side, but no closer to the hole than from the "Drop Zone" sign.

• Hole 1 and 2 – A ball coming to rest in the Abnormal condition near the Shipping containers MUST be dropped (without penalty) in the nearest Drop Zone.

• Hole 2 and Hole 4 – A ball coming to rest in a garden or on the roadway or carpark at rear of these holes MUST be dropped (without penalty) in nearest Drop Zone.

• Hole 5 - A ball coming to rest in the garden at the rear must be dropped in the Drop Zone.

• Hole 11 – A ball coming to rest at the back of the green must be dropped in the Drop Zone.

• Hole 18 – If a player’s ball comes to rest on a roadway or garden, and is FOUND, must be dropped (without penalty) in the Drop Zone located at the rear of the Clubhouse.

A ball striking the directional disk/pole behind the 18th green, power poles and/or associated wires within the course must be replayed without penalty.

Hole 9 and Hole 17 – Red with green top marker stakes. Relief (NO PLAY ZONE in Red Penalty Area) must be taken – with penalty. Note: The player cannot play from this area - Rule 17.1e(1).

Hole 18 - White with green top marker stakes signify NO PLAY ZONE. If a player’s ball is virtually certain to have entered this area, then Free Relief as per Rule 16.1f.

Match Play = loss of hole.

Stroke Play = two (2) strokes.