Local Rules valid as from 01.03.2020

Abnormal Course Conditions

Washouts from water and cracks from drought in the ground in the general area are ground under repair. The player may take free relief under Rule 16.1 b. But interference does not exist if the washout or crack only interferes with the player’s stance.

Zones with new trees indicated as ground under repair are no-play-zones from which free relief must be taken under Rule 16.1 f. The areas are marked by blue stakes with green tops. Trees with supports anywhere on the course are immovable obstructions from which free relief must be taken under Rule 16.1.

All roads, paths and tracks are immovable obstructions.

Penalty areas

For security reasons, it is forbidden to retrieve, by any means, balls from penalty areas covered by plastic lining (holes 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 10 and 18). This includes the player’s own ball.

On holes 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17 and 18, on the left side of the fairways, all plantations are red penalty area no-play-zones deemed to infinity, from which relief under penalty of one stroke must be taken under Rule 17.1 e. The areas are marked by red stakes with green tops.

Out of bounds

White stakes mark the boundaries of the course. On hole 18, to the left of and behind the green, the boundary of the course is defined by the course-side edge of the path, border included.

The residential area to the left of hole 10 is out of bounds. The boundary is defined by the inside edge of the stone-lining of the ponds.

Preferred lies

Only when preferred lies apply (see back of scorecard or starter’s instructions):

When a player’s ball lies in a part of the general area cut to fairway height or less, the player may take free relief once by placing the original ball or another ball in and playing it from this relief area:

• Reference point: Spot of the original ball.

• Size of the relief area measured from the reference point: one length of the unfolded score-card, but with these limits: the relief area must not be nearer the hole than the reference point, and it must be in the general area.

Integral objects

Artificial retaining walls (e.g. wooden retaining walls between bunkers and bodies of water, see holes 2, 5, etc.) are integral objects from which no free relief is available.

Provisional ball for ball in penalty area beyond the green of Hole 18

If a player does not know whether their ball is in the penalty area beyond the bunker behind the green of hole 18 or has come to rest in the bunker, the player may play a provisional ball under Rule 18.3. In playing the provisional ball, the player may only use the stroke-and-distance or the back-on-the-line relief option. Once the player has played a provisional ball under this Local Rule, they may not use any further options under Rule 17.1 in relation to the original ball. When the original ball is known or virtually certain to be in the penalty area, the provisional ball becomes the player’s ball in play under penalty of one stroke.