Wanaki has created an Environmentally Sensitive Area within the boundaries of the course, the origin and purpose of which is explained in this document.
Local Rule
The area within the red penalty area as defined by red stakes with green tops, located right of the green on hole 2, right of the fairway on holes 15 and 17, is a No Play Zone. When a ball is in the no play zone within the penalty area, the ball must not be played as it lies and relief must be taken from interference by the no play zone under Rule 17.1e.
Rule 17.1e
e. Relief Must Be Taken from Interference by No Play Zone in Penalty Area
In each of these situations, the player must not play the ball as it lies:
(1) When Ball Is in No Play Zone in Penalty Area. The player must take penalty relief under Rule 17.1d or 17.2.
(2) When No Play Zone on Course Interferes with Stance or Swing for Ball in Penalty Area. If a player’s ball is in a penalty area, and is outside a no play zone but a no play zone (whether in an abnormal course condition or in a penalty area) interferes with his or her area of intended stance or area of intended swing, the player must either:
- * Take penalty relief outside the penalty area under Rule 17.1d or 17.2, or
- * Take free relief by dropping the original ball or another ball in this relief area (if it exists) in the penalty area (see Rule 14.3):
- * Reference Point: The nearest point of complete relief from the no play zone.
- * Size of Relief Area Measured from Reference Point: One club-length, but with these limits:
- * Limits on Location of Relief Area:
- * Must be in the same penalty area where the ball lies, and
- * Must not be nearer the hole than the reference point.
But there is no free relief from interference by the no play zone under (2):
- * When playing the ball as it lies would be clearly unreasonable because of something other than the no play zone (for example, when a player is unable to make a stroke because of where the ball lies in a bush), or
- * When interference exists only because the player chooses a club, type of stance or swing, or direction of play that is clearly unreasonable under the circumstances.
For what to do when there is interference by a no play zone for a ball anywhere except in a penalty area, see Rule 16.1f.
Questions
If you have any questions about rules of golf situations related to the ESA, please contact Joe Vachuska.
