LOCAL RULES – LOS ALTOS GOLF COURSE

 

Out of Bounds: (Stroke and distance)

·         Parking lot

·         All perimeter fences (Note:  Perimeter fences are NOT obstructions)

·         Driving range (Note:  Fence around driving range is NOT an obstruction.)

·         The nine hole executive course in it’s entirety

·         The club house and the concrete area around it

                                                                       

In addition to the above, Out of Bounds on each hole is defined as follows:

   Hole No.     

8                 To the left of driving range fence on the left side or left of white stakes between the fence and the lake.

9                 To the left of white stakes on the left side rough or beyond the sidewalk behind the green.

10            To right of white stakes along right side rough or left of driving range fence on the left.

11            To the right of white stakes along right side rough.

12            To the right of or past the white stakes on the right or behind the green.

17            To the right of white stakes along right side rough or to the left of white stakes on the left side.

18          To the right of white stakes on the right side rough or past the sidewalk behind the green.

 

Obstructions:  (Note: Relief is for stance and swing only, one club length no closer to the hole, without penalty)                           

·         All concrete, asphalt or gravel cart paths or roads             

·         All red, yellow and blue yardage markers or planted bushes indicating yardage

·         Trees marked with a ribbon or tree wells filled with bark

·         All sprinkler heads or sprinkler control boxes

·         Hole #2-pump house to the right of the green

·         Hole #3- New area along fence left of cart path, planted shrubs & rockbeds. Drop on top of burm.

·         Hole #8- If a ball in play comes to rest between areas marked by white lines or stakes along driving range fence, the closest point of relief will be on fairway side of cartpath. Relief without penalty is provided under rule 24-2b(i).

·         Flower/rock bed between #8 green and #9 tee box.

·         Hole #18-cart storage building, flower/rock bed next to the building, pitching and putting greens

·         Stones in bunkers are moveable obstructions. (Rule 24-1 applies)          

Ground Under Repair: (Lift, clean and drop, except for aerated areas)

·         All area’s outlined by officials with paint or other markings

·         All irrigation construction areas

·         All construction areas on the course that have left the area unplayable, whether marked or unmarked (newly sodden areas, piles of dirt from excavation, etc)

·         Recent animal or bird diggings on the fairway

·         All aerated areas. (May lift, clean and place not nearer the hole)

 

Water Hazards:

The lake on holes #3, #8 and #9 (On 9, short of point where Out of Bounds begins, left of the cart path) are played as lateral water hazards. The rocked drainage areas are part of the water hazards

 

Utility Lines:

If a ball strikes a utility line anywhere over the course, the player shall disregard the stroke, regardless of its outcome, and play another stroke from the original position without penalty. 

 

Yardage/Distance Measuring Devices – are allowed except that devices that gauge or measure other

              conditions that might affect a player’s play (e.g.,  wind or gradient) are not permitted.  (NEW 2006)