Breamar Construction Golf League
Rules & Guidelines
Rules & Guidelines
Subs:
If you are going to miss a week of golf, it is your team's responsibility to
find a sub. Please tell the sub it will cost $6.00 to play, and pay Jim LoPresti.
If you cannot find a sub to play for you, you will be penalized under the no-show
policy.
No Show Policy:
Your score for the round will be recorded as such. Your last 5 score
average plus 10. Example: 50 = last 5 avg. + 10 will be 60 for the round.
Starting Times:
Your tee-off time is to be prompt. If you do not show up on time, your
foursome will be pushed back to the end…No questions asked and no
exceptions.
Rainouts:
If you have any doubts about if were playing golf, show up to the golf
course to find out. The decision on if we are going to play will be made at the golf
course. If you do not show up because you thought golf was cancelled and we do
play, you will be penalized under the no show policy.
If a week of golf is cancelled because of weather, league play is pushed
back a week.
Search Time: 3 minutes
Lost Ball: If you can’t find your ball (in rough, etc.) drop another ball in the area
you think it is and hit from there. 1 stroke penalty.
Ball accidentally hits the person or equipment is without penalty.
Double Hit golf Ball: No penalty.
Free drop for embedded balls anywhere in the general area.
Ball Drop: Drop from knee height.
Ball on wrong green: Ball and stance should be hit from the fringe of green and not putting
surface.
Ball on the green moved accidentally: Put it back without penalty.
Hitting the flagstick: You can now leave the flag in the hole when putting without penalty.
Ball wedged on the flagstick: Ball partly below the lip of the hole is classified as
holed.
Unplayable Lie:
If your golf ball lands in a spot that you feel you cannot hit from, (base of
tree, in woods but not OB. etc.) you can move your ball to the nearest relief and
hit from there. 1 stroke penalty.
Penalty Areas:
Water hazards are now called Red and Yellow Penalty Areas. One stroke
penalty.
Options:
- Re-hit from the same spot.
- Drop a ball behind the water hazard, keeping the point at which, the
original ball last crossed the margin of the water hazard directly
between the hole and the spot on which the ball is dropped, with no
limit to how far behind the water hazard the ball may be dropped.
- Drop a ball outside the water hazard within two club-lengths of and not
nearer the hole than from the point where the original ball last crossed
the margin of the water hazard.
Sand Traps:
You can not take any practice swings or ground your club in the sand
before you hit your shot. If you do the penalty is one stroke for each violation.
If there is water in the sand trap, move your ball to a dry area and hit from
there. If the whole sand trap is under water, you get a free lift. Move your ball no
more than two club lengths away from the sand trap, and directly back in line with
the pin. If your ball is lying in dry sand and your feet are in water, move your ball to
another part in the sand so your feet are in a dry spot.
Unplayable ball in bunker: Drop the ball behind the bunker, 2 stoke.
Please rake the bunkers after you finish your shot.
Six-foot & Smaller Trees:
If you are under, next too, or your swing will hit the tree, you get a free lift
of two club lengths from the tree no nearer to the pin.
Maximum Number of Strokes:
The maximum number of strokes for any hole will be 2 times par plus 1.
Par 3 will be 7 strokes maximum.
Par 4 will be 9 strokes maximum
Par 5 will be 11 strokes maximum
When you reach the maximum number of strokes for the hole please pick
up your ball. This is to help keep the speed of play at a reasonable pace.
If you are going to miss a week of golf, it is your team's responsibility to
find a sub. Please tell the sub it will cost $6.00 to play, and pay Jim LoPresti.
If you cannot find a sub to play for you, you will be penalized under the no-show
policy.
No Show Policy:
Your score for the round will be recorded as such. Your last 5 score
average plus 10. Example: 50 = last 5 avg. + 10 will be 60 for the round.
Starting Times:
Your tee-off time is to be prompt. If you do not show up on time, your
foursome will be pushed back to the end…No questions asked and no
exceptions.
Rainouts:
If you have any doubts about if were playing golf, show up to the golf
course to find out. The decision on if we are going to play will be made at the golf
course. If you do not show up because you thought golf was cancelled and we do
play, you will be penalized under the no show policy.
If a week of golf is cancelled because of weather, league play is pushed
back a week.
Search Time: 3 minutes
Lost Ball: If you can’t find your ball (in rough, etc.) drop another ball in the area
you think it is and hit from there. 1 stroke penalty.
Ball accidentally hits the person or equipment is without penalty.
Double Hit golf Ball: No penalty.
Free drop for embedded balls anywhere in the general area.
Ball Drop: Drop from knee height.
Ball on wrong green: Ball and stance should be hit from the fringe of green and not putting
surface.
Ball on the green moved accidentally: Put it back without penalty.
Hitting the flagstick: You can now leave the flag in the hole when putting without penalty.
Ball wedged on the flagstick: Ball partly below the lip of the hole is classified as
holed.
Out Of Bounds (white stakes):
If you hit a ball out of bounds your penalty is, stroke & distance.
Example: 10th hole you hit your ball to the right past the white stakes. You would tee up again and would now be hitting 3. 1 is your first hit / 2 is stroke penalty / 3 teeing up again from the original spot distance penalty.
If your ever not sure if your ball stayed in-bounds hit a provisional ball. If you don't and your ball did go out of bounds, you must return to the spot you originally hit the ball before it went out of bounds, and hit again.
If you do not return to the original spot and play a ball from the point it went out, you would add an extra stroke in place of the distance penalty and now be hitting 4.
Unplayable Lie:
If your golf ball lands in a spot that you feel you cannot hit from, (base of
tree, in woods but not OB. etc.) you can move your ball to the nearest relief and
hit from there. 1 stroke penalty.
Penalty Areas:
Water hazards are now called Red and Yellow Penalty Areas. One stroke
penalty.
Options:
- Re-hit from the same spot.
- Drop a ball behind the water hazard, keeping the point at which, the
original ball last crossed the margin of the water hazard directly
between the hole and the spot on which the ball is dropped, with no
limit to how far behind the water hazard the ball may be dropped.
- Drop a ball outside the water hazard within two club-lengths of and not
nearer the hole than from the point where the original ball last crossed
the margin of the water hazard.
Sand Traps:
You can not take any practice swings or ground your club in the sand
before you hit your shot. If you do the penalty is one stroke for each violation.
If there is water in the sand trap, move your ball to a dry area and hit from
there. If the whole sand trap is under water, you get a free lift. Move your ball no
more than two club lengths away from the sand trap, and directly back in line with
the pin. If your ball is lying in dry sand and your feet are in water, move your ball to
another part in the sand so your feet are in a dry spot.
Unplayable ball in bunker: Drop the ball behind the bunker, 2 stoke.
Please rake the bunkers after you finish your shot.
Six-foot & Smaller Trees:
If you are under, next too, or your swing will hit the tree, you get a free lift
of two club lengths from the tree no nearer to the pin.
Maximum Number of Strokes:
The maximum number of strokes for any hole will be 2 times par plus 1.
Par 3 will be 7 strokes maximum.
Par 4 will be 9 strokes maximum
Par 5 will be 11 strokes maximum
When you reach the maximum number of strokes for the hole please pick
up your ball. This is to help keep the speed of play at a reasonable pace.
Faster Play - 13
Tips to Speed up Play
1.
Plan your shot while walking to your ball or while others
are
playing.
2.
Line up your putt when others are putting and be ready to
play
when it is your turn.
3.
Be ready to play when it is your turn. READY GOLF
4.
Walk briskly between shots.
5.
Walk directly to your golf ball; don’t follow others unless
assisting
in search.
6.
If riding, take several clubs with you to your ball so you
don’t
have to walk back to the cart.
7.
Don’t step off or measure yardage for every single golf
shot,
develop an “eye” for distance.
8.
Be efficient with your pre-shot routine.
9.
Take only one practice swing.
10.
Play a provisional ball if you think the original might be
lost
outside a water hazard or out of bounds.
11.
Leave your clubs on the side of the putting green
towards
to next tee.
12.
Exit putting green promptly after holing out.
13.
Unless experienced, play the standard tee, not the
championship
tee.
