Out of Bounds

Wanaki has out of bounds along several holes on the golf course as described below.

Hole 7 – On the Taylors Woods subdivision side of the split rail fence from the teebox to the green

Hole 8 – Along Highway K as indicated by white stakes and/or painted white line.

Hole 9 – Along Highway K as indicated by white stakes and/or painted white line.

Hole 10 – The parking lot right of the fairway and white stakes from the maintenance barn along the practice range area.

Hole 11 -Along the road as indicated by white stakes and/or painted white line.

Local Rule

While playing any of the hole above, and your ball, on any shot, comes to rest beyond boundaries of the course, it is out of bounds. When your ball is out of bounds, the penalty is Stroke and Distance. A stroke and distance penalty means you return to where you last played from, add one stroke, and play your next shot. For example, if your tee shot goes out of bounds, you return to the tee box, re-tee the ball if you want, and hit your third shot.  If your second shot goes OB, you return to that spot, drop the ball as near as possible to where the shot was played and hit your 4^th shot.

In addition, there is a local rule in effect for all Wanaki Men’s Club leagues and events where you can , with a TWO stroke penalty, drop the ball in the fairway the same distance from the hole where last crossed the OB line, and play from there. For more information see Model Local Rule E-5.

Please remember that you can not move anything that is OB to help play your shot, but may stand out of bounds to hit your next shot.

Rule 18.2a.2 and 18.2b

18.2  Ball Lost or Out of Bounds: Stroke-and-Distance Relief Must Be Taken

a. When Ball Is Lost or Out of Bounds

(2) When Ball Is Out of Bounds. A ball at rest is out of bounds only when all of it is outside the boundary edge of the course.

A ball is in bounds when any part of the ball:

• • • • Lies on or touches the ground or anything else (such as any natural or artificial object) inside the boundary edge, or
      • Is above the boundary edge or any other part of the course.

A player may stand out of bounds to play a ball on the course.

b. What to Do When Ball Is Lost or Out of Bounds

If a ball is lost or out of bounds, the player must take stroke-and-distance relief by adding one penalty stroke and playing the original ball or another ball from where the previous stroke was made (see Rule 14.6).

Exception – Player May Substitute Another Ball Under Other Rule When It Is Known or Virtually Certain What Happened to Ball: Instead of taking stroke-and-distance relief, the player may substitute another ball as allowed under a Rule that applies when their ball has not been found and it is known or virtually certain that the ball:

• • • • Came to rest on the course and was moved by an outside influence (see Rule 9.6) or played as a wrong ball by another player (see Rule 6.3c(2)),
      • Came to rest on the course in or on a movable obstruction (see Rule 15.2b) or an abnormal course condition (see Rule 16.1e),
      • Is in a penalty area (see Rule 17.1c), or
      • Was deliberately deflected or stopped by any person (see Rule 11.2c).

Penalty for Playing Ball from a Wrong Place in Breach of Rule 18.2: General Penalty Under Rule 14.7a.

Questions

If you have any questions about rules of golf situations related to Out of Bounds, please contact Joe Vachuska.