Tor Hill Golf Course Terms of Competition and Local Rules Tor Hill Ladies Golf Club - 2022
Play is governed by the Golf Canada Rules of Golf (January 2019.) and, where applicable, by the following Local Rules and Terms of Competition, (subject to changes, additions or deletions for particular tournaments or events.) The penalty for a breach of a Local Rule is a General Penalty. For Match Play: loss of the hole. For Stroke play: 2 strokes.
Local Rules:
1. Preferred Lies in Bunkers (Rule 12 and 16.1 b/c)/Loose Impediments (Rule 12.2a):
Play the ball as it lies, or lift, rake and place the ball within one club length.
(If you do not mark the spot before lifting your ball, or you clean the lifted ball when not allowed, you get a one penalty stroke. Rule 15) Ability to lift your ball, remove impediments, and smooth the position to be played from, and then place the ball. You may use your foot, rake or personal rake to smooth the area of intended play.
2. Out of Bounds (Rule 18.2):
OB is defined by the course-side points at ground level of white dots, lines, stakes and posts of fences defining out of bounds (OB). Course-side edge of railway ties beside the gravel portion of the parking lot (railway ties are OB) and the fence surrounding the water reservoir. A ball is OB when it is beyond any wall defining the boundary of the course.
3. Penalty Areas (Rule 17): Model Local Rules E-1.1 is in effect.
If a ball is in the penalty area on Hole #4 North, including when it is known or virtually certain that a ball has not been found, came to rest in the penalty area, the player has these relief options, each for one penalty stroke.
4. Abnormal Course conditions, including Immovable Obstruction (Rule 16) :
NOTE: GUR may include areas of unusual damage caused by wet conditions or vehicle traffic that alters the ground surface materially. If you are uncertain about the right procedure while playing a hole, you may complete the hole with two balls under Rule 20.1c, then present to the Captains for submission to the Rules Committee, following the round, for rules determination. Take a picture/video, if possible.
5. Relief from Tree Roots in Fairway: (Model Local Rule F-9.1 is in effect.)If a player’s ball is at rest in a portion of the general area cut to fairway height or less and there is interference from exposed tree roots that are in a part of the general area cut to fairway height or less, 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.
6. Relief from Protective Fence: North #4/North #5The protective fence on North #5 teeing area is to be considered an immoveable obstruction. Players are entitled to free relief under Rule 16.1b if interference exists when any one of the below is true:
2. Pace of Play:
Groups are allotted a maximum of 15 minutes per hole (4 and 1⁄2 hour round). The Committee, and/or the Pro-Shop staff will have the ability to warn and penalize slow play. Once given a warning, the group has two holes to get in position or the entire group receives a penalty of two strokes. A group, no matter of time, will be considered in position if they are within one shot of the group in front of them.
3. Alternative to Stroke and Distance for Lost Ball or Ball Out of Bounds (Not applicable for Club Championship or match play):Model Local Rule E-5 is in effect.
When a player’s ball has not been 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 another ball in this relief area (Rule 14.3)
Two Estimated Reference Points:
Ball Reference Point: The point where the original ball is estimated to have come to rest on the course, or last crossed the edge of the course boundary to go out of bounds.
Fairway Reference Point:
The point of fairway of the hole being played that is nearest to the ball reference point, but is not nearer the hole than the ball reference point.
For purposes of this Local Rule, “fairway” means any area of grass in the general area that is cut to fairway height or less. If a ball is estimated to be lost on the course or last crossed the edge of the course boundary short of the fairway, the
fairway reference point may be a grass path or a teeing ground for the hole being played cut to fairway height or less.
Size of Relief Area Based on Reference Points: Anywhere between:
But with these limits:
Limits on Location of Relief Area:
That ball is known or virtually certain to have come to rest in a penalty area, or
A player may use this option to take relief for a provisional ball that has not been found, or is known or virtually certain to be out of bounds.
TOR HILL RULES COMMITTEE (in consultation with Golf Canada & Golf Saskatchewan) Revised June 2022.
Play is governed by the Golf Canada Rules of Golf (January 2019.) and, where applicable, by the following Local Rules and Terms of Competition, (subject to changes, additions or deletions for particular tournaments or events.) The penalty for a breach of a Local Rule is a General Penalty. For Match Play: loss of the hole. For Stroke play: 2 strokes.
Local Rules:
1. Preferred Lies in Bunkers (Rule 12 and 16.1 b/c)/Loose Impediments (Rule 12.2a):
Play the ball as it lies, or lift, rake and place the ball within one club length.
(If you do not mark the spot before lifting your ball, or you clean the lifted ball when not allowed, you get a one penalty stroke. Rule 15) Ability to lift your ball, remove impediments, and smooth the position to be played from, and then place the ball. You may use your foot, rake or personal rake to smooth the area of intended play.
- Free Relief (Rule 16.1b), except that:
- The nearest point of complete relief and the relief area must be in the bunker.
- If there is no such nearest point of complete relief in the bunker (I.e., the bunker is full of water or marked as GUR), you may still take this relief, by using the point of maximum available relief in the bunker as the reference point. Relief outside the bunker is based on a reference line going straight back from the hole through the spot of the original ball in the bunker. The reference point is a point on the course outside the bunker chosen by the player that is on the reference line and is farther from the hole than the original spot (with no limit on how far back on the line). The relief area is one club-length from the reference point, is not nearer to the hole than the reference point, but may be in any area of the course. In choosing this reference point, the player should indicate the point by using an object (such as a tee).
2. Out of Bounds (Rule 18.2):
OB is defined by the course-side points at ground level of white dots, lines, stakes and posts of fences defining out of bounds (OB). Course-side edge of railway ties beside the gravel portion of the parking lot (railway ties are OB) and the fence surrounding the water reservoir. A ball is OB when it is beyond any wall defining the boundary of the course.
3. Penalty Areas (Rule 17): Model Local Rules E-1.1 is in effect.
If a ball is in the penalty area on Hole #4 North, including when it is known or virtually certain that a ball has not been found, came to rest in the penalty area, the player has these relief options, each for one penalty stroke.
- Take relief under Rule 17.1, or
- Drop the original ball, or another ball, in the drop zone located on the North side of the water/forward tee box (left side.). The drop zone is a relief area under Rule 14.3,
4. Abnormal Course conditions, including Immovable Obstruction (Rule 16) :
- GUR Rule 16.1 includes:
- Areas defused by white lines, or surrounded with stakes and ropes
- Paved cart paths, including the pavement and crushed asphalt areas.
- Railway ties adjacent cart paths, are considered part of the cart path.
- French drains filled with stones. (West 2 and West 6.)
- Seams of Cut Turf (Model Local Rule F-7 is in effect.)
- Ball in the General Area: If a player’s ball lies in, or touches a seam of cut turf, or a seam interferes with the player’s area of intended swing. The interference does not exist if the seam only interferes with the player’s stance. The player may take relief under Rule 16.1b.
- Ball on Putting Green (hexagon shaped repairs): The player may take relief under Rule 16.1d.
NOTE: GUR may include areas of unusual damage caused by wet conditions or vehicle traffic that alters the ground surface materially. If you are uncertain about the right procedure while playing a hole, you may complete the hole with two balls under Rule 20.1c, then present to the Captains for submission to the Rules Committee, following the round, for rules determination. Take a picture/video, if possible.
5. Relief from Tree Roots in Fairway: (Model Local Rule F-9.1 is in effect.)If a player’s ball is at rest in a portion of the general area cut to fairway height or less and there is interference from exposed tree roots that are in a part of the general area cut to fairway height or less, 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.
6. Relief from Protective Fence: North #4/North #5The protective fence on North #5 teeing area is to be considered an immoveable obstruction. Players are entitled to free relief under Rule 16.1b if interference exists when any one of the below is true:
- The player’s ball touches or is in the fence.
- The fence physically interferes with the player’s area of intended stance or area of intended swing.
- Additional relief provided for a player when the fence is located on the straight line between their ball and the hole (known as “line of sight relief”) by moving sideways, keeping the same distance from the hole, so that the fence is no longer between the player’s ball and the hole (also known as moving along the “equidistant arc”). No relief when clearly unreasonable to play your ball (i.e.: in bushes or trees)
2. Pace of Play:
Groups are allotted a maximum of 15 minutes per hole (4 and 1⁄2 hour round). The Committee, and/or the Pro-Shop staff will have the ability to warn and penalize slow play. Once given a warning, the group has two holes to get in position or the entire group receives a penalty of two strokes. A group, no matter of time, will be considered in position if they are within one shot of the group in front of them.
3. Alternative to Stroke and Distance for Lost Ball or Ball Out of Bounds (Not applicable for Club Championship or match play):Model Local Rule E-5 is in effect.
When a player’s ball has not been 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 another ball in this relief area (Rule 14.3)
Two Estimated Reference Points:
Ball Reference Point: The point where the original ball is estimated to have come to rest on the course, or last crossed the edge of the course boundary to go out of bounds.
Fairway Reference Point:
The point of fairway of the hole being played that is nearest to the ball reference point, but is not nearer the hole than the ball reference point.
For purposes of this Local Rule, “fairway” means any area of grass in the general area that is cut to fairway height or less. If a ball is estimated to be lost on the course or last crossed the edge of the course boundary short of the fairway, the
fairway reference point may be a grass path or a teeing ground for the hole being played cut to fairway height or less.
Size of Relief Area Based on Reference Points: Anywhere between:
- A line from the hole through the ball reference point (and within two club-lengths to the outside of that line), and
- A line from the hole through the fairway reference point (and within two club-lengths to the fairway side of that line).
But with these limits:
Limits on Location of Relief Area:
- Must be in the general area, and
- Must not be nearer the hole than the ball reference point. Once the player puts a ball in play under this Local Rule:
- The original ball that was lost or out of bounds is no longer in play and must not be played.
- This is true even if the ball is found on the course before the end of the three-minute search time (Rule 6.3b).
That ball is known or virtually certain to have come to rest in a penalty area, or
- The player has played another ball provisionally under penalty of stroke and distance (Rule 18.3).
A player may use this option to take relief for a provisional ball that has not been found, or is known or virtually certain to be out of bounds.
TOR HILL RULES COMMITTEE (in consultation with Golf Canada & Golf Saskatchewan) Revised June 2022.