The on-course washrooms are now open.
Thursday, 9 July 2020
Wednesday, 8 July 2020
Bunker play without rakes during our "new normal".
The R&A, USGA, Golf Canada, and Golf Ontario all approve the following method of playing out of a bunker, when no rakes are available:
Players should be requested to make their best efforts to smooth bunkers using their feet or a club.
Even with players making their best efforts to smooth the sand, the condition of the bunkers is likely to be so abnormal that it will be clearly unreasonable for players to play the ball as it lies, it is approved to use preferred lies in bunkers.
Players are allowed to place the ball in the bunker within one club-length not nearer to the hole than where the ball came to rest.
The R&A, USGA, Golf Canada, and Golf Ontario all approve the following method of playing out of a bunker, when no rakes are available:
Players should be requested to make their best efforts to smooth bunkers using their feet or a club.
Even with players making their best efforts to smooth the sand, the condition of the bunkers is likely to be so abnormal that it will be clearly unreasonable for players to play the ball as it lies, it is approved to use preferred lies in bunkers.
Players are allowed to place the ball in the bunker within one club-length not nearer to the hole than where the ball came to rest.
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Taken Tuesday, when even the gulls thought it was too hot to be out in the sun!
Friday, 3 July 2020
"Local Rule"
I have been asked for a clarification of the "Local Rule" for a lost ball or a ball hit out of bounds. Starting in 2019, a local rule could be used for casual play that allows a player who has lost a ball or hit one out of bounds to drop a ball in the closest fairway with a penalty of TWO strokes.
For example, you drive from the tee on # 9 and the ball hooks towards the trees on the left. You don't know from the tee if it went out or not. You have the option of playing a 'provisional ball' - an option that should be used in competition - adding a penalty of one stroke.
If you have not played a provisional and you get to the area and can't find your ball, the "Local Rule" allows you to go out to the edge of the fairway, drop a ball and take a penalty of TWO strokes. (If you were in competition and you had not played a provisional, your only option is to go back to the tee and hit another ball.)
The penalty of two strokes would be the same as if you had re-teed and hit your third from the tee. In both cases, your next shot is your fourth stroke.
The diagram below may help (or not):
Remember, this does not apply to a ball hit into a penalty area (aka hazard), where you are not allowed to hit a provisional.
For example, you drive from the tee on # 9 and the ball hooks towards the trees on the left. You don't know from the tee if it went out or not. You have the option of playing a 'provisional ball' - an option that should be used in competition - adding a penalty of one stroke.
If you have not played a provisional and you get to the area and can't find your ball, the "Local Rule" allows you to go out to the edge of the fairway, drop a ball and take a penalty of TWO strokes. (If you were in competition and you had not played a provisional, your only option is to go back to the tee and hit another ball.)
The penalty of two strokes would be the same as if you had re-teed and hit your third from the tee. In both cases, your next shot is your fourth stroke.
The diagram below may help (or not):
Wednesday, 1 July 2020
Monday, 29 June 2020
Thursday, 25 June 2020
Friday, 19 June 2020
A little late, but CONGRATULATIONS to Ann Hall on her hole-in-one on #17. Is that "hole-in-one juice" beside the hole?
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Another milestone: Barb Pemberton broke 100 for the first time on Thursday. Congrats!
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To help with your adjustment to the new handicap system, Dale has put some "Net Double Bogey" charts in the women's locker room. Just take one copy of the correct grouping for your handicap.
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