SVGC 2023
Tee Time Block: 6:30am-11am 3:30pm-5:30 pm
Rules: No mulligans, misses or whiffs count
Flight 1-2 Red Tees
Flight 3-4 Red Tees Yellow on #11 and #15
Club Championship: 18 holes August 5th-6th. Saturday PM, Sunday AM
9-hole August 9th 3pm
- SVGC Cup: 12 vs 12
- 1ST & 2ND PLACE GROSS & NET IN EACH FLIGHT (16 PLAYERS) QUALIFY FOR THE SV CUP
- 1ST & 2ND PLACE FINSHERS GROSS & NET (4 PLAYERS) IN THE CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFY FOR THE SV CUP
- MATCH PLAY FINALIST (2 PLAYERS) QUALIFY FOR THE SV CUP
- THE TOP GROSS & NET FINISHERS (2 PLAYERS) IN THE SEASON LONG STABLEFORD POINTS QUALIFY FOR THE SV CUP
Bunker Rule: Under Rules 12.2a and 12.2b, the player is allowed to touch or move loose impediments in a bunker and is generally allowed to touch the sand with a hand or club; but a limited prohibition continues so that the player must not:
- Deliberately touch the sand in a bunker with a hand, club, rake or other object to test the condition of the sand to learn information for the stroke, or
- Touch the sand in a bunker with a club in making a practice swing, in grounding the club right in front of or behind the ball, or in making the backswing for a stroke.
Unplayable Ball
Relief Options for Unplayable Ball
Q.I don’t think I can play my ball as it lies (unplayable) – what are my options?
A.If you don’t want to or decide you cannot play your ball as it lies, you have the option to decide that it is unplayable for one penalty stroke (see Rule 19.2). This will give you three options on where you may drop your ball away from the spot where it came to rest. (1) You may play a ball at the spot of your previous stroke (see Rule 19.2a). (2) Take back-on-the-line relief (see Rule 19.2b). (3) Drop within two club-lengths and not nearer the hole than where your ball came to rest (see Rule 19.2c)
Red Stakes: Penalty Areas
Relief from a Red or Yellow Penalty Area
Q.How do I take relief from a yellow or red penalty area?
A.When you take relief from a penalty area, you get one penalty stroke. For yellow penalty areas, you have two relief options. For red penalty areas, you have three relief options (the same two relief options as you do for yellow, plus one additional option.) For a yellow penalty area, you may take relief by dropping into a relief area using (1) the spot at which your last stroke was made under stroke and distance (see Rule 17.1d(1)) or (2) the back-on-the-line relief procedure (see Rule 17.1d(2)). For a red penalty area, you have the two options above for a yellow penalty area, plus an additional option to take lateral relief. Lateral relief allows you to drop a ball into a relief area measured from where your ball last crossed the edge of red penalty area. From that reference point, you are allowed to drop outside the penalty area and anywhere within two club-lengths of that spot, no nearer to the hole (see Rule 17.1d(3)).
White Stakes OB: (Local SVGC) If you hit your ball out of bounds or lose it (you have three minutes to search for your ball before it becomes lost), your only option is to go back to the spot of your previous stroke to play under stroke and distance. There are only a few exceptions to this when it is known or virtually certain what happened to your ball.
There is also an optional Local Rule which provides an alternative to stroke and distance relief when it is in effect. This Local Rule is recommended for casual play and not for competitions involving highly skilled players. If it is in effect, for two penalty strokes, you can estimate the spot where your ball is lost or went out of bounds and then find the nearest fairway edge that is not nearer the hole than the estimated spot. You can drop a ball in the fairway within two club-lengths of that fairway edge point, or anywhere between there and the estimated spot where your ball is lost or went out of bounds.
If you think that your ball might be out bounds or that you might not find it, you can play a provisional ball to save time. You must announce that you are playing a provisional ball before doing so. If you are then unable to find your original ball, or you find it out of bounds, your provisional ball is your ball in play under stroke and distance, and you don’t have to take the time to walk all the way back to the spot of your previous stroke.
