WINTER RULES
These
additional Local Rules apply when 'Winter Rules' are in force.
1.
Embedded Ball (In accordance with Rules Of Golf Appendix 1A-3a).
Through
the green, a ball that is embedded may be lifted, cleaned and
dropped, without penalty, as near as possible to the spot where it
lay but not nearer the hole. The ball when dropped must first strike
a part of the course through the green.
Note:
A ball is “embedded” when it is in its own pitch-mark and part of
the ball is below the level of the ground. A ball does not
necessarily have to touch the soil to be embedded (e.g. grass, loose
impediments and the like may intervene between the ball and the
soil).
Exceptions:
1.
A player may not take relief under this Local Rule if the ball is
embedded in sand in an area that is not closely-mown.
2.
A player may not take relief under this Local Rule if interference by
anything other than the condition covered by this Local Rule makes
the stroke clearly impracticable.
PENALTY
FOR BREACH OF LOCAL RULE:
Match
play – Loss of hole; Stroke play – Two strokes.
2.
Preferred Lies (In accordance with Rules Of Golf Appendix 1A-3b).
A
ball lying on a closely-mown area through the green may be lifted
without penalty and cleaned. Before lifting the ball, the player must
mark its position. Having lifted the ball, he must place it on a spot
within six inches of and not nearer the hole than where it originally
lay, that is not in a hazard and not on a putting green.
A
player may place his ball only once, and it is in play when it has
been placed (Rule 20-4). If the ball fails to come to rest on the
spot on which it was placed, Rule 20-3d applies. If the ball when
placed comes to rest on the spot on which it is placed and it
subsequently moves, there is no penalty and the ball must be played
as it lies, unless the provisions of any other Rule apply.
If
the player fails to mark the position of the ball before lifting it,
moves the ball-marker prior to putting the ball back into play or
moves the ball in any other manner, such as rolling it with a club,
he incurs a penalty of one stroke.
Note:
“Closely-mown area” means any area of the course, including paths
through the rough, cut to fairway height or less.
*PENALTY
FOR BREACH OF LOCAL RULE:
Match
play – Loss of hole; Stroke play – Two strokes.
*If
a player incurs the general penalty for a breach of this Local Rule,
no additional penalty under the Local Rule is applied.
3.
Cleaning Ball (In accordance with Rules Of Golf Appendix 1A-3c).
Anywhere
through the green a ball may be lifted and cleaned without penalty.
The ball must be replaced.
Note:
The position of the ball must be marked before it is lifted under
this Local Rule – see Rule 20-1.
PENALTY
FOR BREACH OF LOCAL RULE:
Match
play – Loss of hole; Stroke play – Two strokes.
