Hamburg Men's Golf Club

The club has established certain playing rules that apply to holes at the 18 Mile Creek Golf Course.  Please follow these rules when playing competitive events.  It is upon you as a player to make sure yourself all members are following these rules and the rules of golf.

 

BALL LOST OR OUT OF BOUNDS

If you believe a ball to have gone out of bounds or might have been lost please hit a provisional ball.  In this situation USGA rules require a player to rehit from the original spot.  You are NOT allowed by the rules to drop a ball at the location you believe it to have been lost or where you believe it to have gone out of bounds. 

 

If you find your original ball or it is not out of bounds you will pick up the provisional ball and play your original ball.  If your ball is lost or out of bounds you will play your provisional with the appropriate penalty.  By hitting a provisional ball you will not have to go back and re-tee or hit from the original spot because you will use your provisional ball.  Hitting a provisional ball will speed up play. 

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*****PLEASE NOTE*****  

The nearest point of relief rule is used on many of the holes. 

Please refer to this VIDEO for application of this rule.

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Local Rules 

All holes:

-Due to limited staffing at the course not all lateral hazards have been marked by the course maintenance staff.  If a local rule is not listed for a wooded area or field area on the course, it should be played as a lateral hazard.

-If your ball lands in the mulched area or dirt area of a staked tree, a free drop using the nearest point of relief rule is allowed.

-If your ball lands in the mulch or dirt area of a tree and this area is lower than the adjacent ground level, a free drop using the nearest point of relief rule is allowed.

-In the fairway or rough, areas that are bare or have very little grass, a free drop using the nearest point of relief rule is allowed.  Please confirm the location with your playing partners.

-Balls landing on the cart path should be moved using the nearest point of relief rule.

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Hole #1 - Balls hit into the road are considered out of bounds.  You must re-tee or re-hit from the original spot.  This is an opportunity to hit a provisional ball if you are unsure.

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Hole #3 - Balls in the ditch crossing the fairway should be dropped according to the nearest point of  relief rule.  Use the approximate center line of the ditch to determine if you should drop forward or backward, but no closer to the hole. 

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Hole #4 -

-Balls landing in the waste bunker should be dropped according to the nearest point of relief rule.

-The wooded areas to the left and behind the green are lateral hazards.

-Use the nearest point of relief rule for a ball near the wooden poles behind the green  

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Hole #5 -

-The drainage ditch on the hill along the left side of the hole is a free drop using the nearest point of relief rule.  The lost ball rules do not apply to this drainage ditch. 

-The ditch just in front and to the right of the tee boxes is not a lost ball situation.  If you cannot find your ball in the ditch you will take a drop (not placement) of one club length from where you think the ball came to rest.  Please confer with your playing partners for verification of the spot.  If you find your ball you do not get to take a drop.

-The wooded/brush area immediately past the drainage ditch on the left side is a hazard.

-The wooded area behind the green is a hazard.

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Hole #6 -

-The wooded area to the right of the green is a hazard.

-There is a small drainage ditch between the cart path and the pond to the left side of the fairway.  This a free drop using the nearest point of relief rule.  The lost ball rules do not apply to this drainage ditch.

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Hole #7 -

-The pond and wooded area to the right of the fairway is a lateral hazard.

-The swale in front of the green is a lateral hazard.

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Hole #10 -

-The wooded area to the left of the tee boxes and immediately past the tee boxes is a lateral hazard.

-The parking lot and road to the right of the fairway is considered out of bounds.  You must re-tee.

-The grass area past the trees through the fairway is out of bounds if marked and a lateral hazard if not marked.  If marked and you go into that area from the tee you must re-tee.  If you hit into there from the fairway you must re-hit from the location of your original shot.  This is an opportunity to hit a provisional ball.

-The yards to the right of the fairway are out of bounds if marked and a lateral hazard if not marked.  If a lateral hazard you must take a drop.  DO NOT PLAY YOUR BALL FROM SOMEONE'S YARD!  If marked you must re-tee if it went in that area from your tee shot, or re-hit from the spot of your original shot.  This is an opportunity to hit a provisional ball.

 

Hole #12 -

-The wooded area to the left of the tee box and the wooded area along the right side of the hole are lateral hazards.

-The swale across the fairway is in play and no relief is allowed.

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Hole #13 -

-The swale across the fairway is in play and no relief is allowed

-The wooded area behind the hole and to the left of the green are not hazards.  You must play it as it lies or take an unplayable lie.

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Hole #14 - Ball in practice area to the left of the fairway is in play.

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Hole #15 -

-The protective screen behind the #16 tee is a free drop according to the nearest point of relief rule.

-The woods to the right of fairway and behind the green are lateral hazards.

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Hole #16 -

-The small depression (sometimes filled with water) in the fairway near the 150 yard marker is a free drop using the nearest point of relief rule.  The lost ball rules do not apply.

-The practice area to the left of the pond is in play.

-The maintenance area to the left of the fairway is a lateral hazard.

-The drainage ditch to the right of the cart path near the green is a free drop according to the nearest point of relief rule.

-The wooded area behind green and to the left of the green is a lateral hazard. 

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Hole #17 -

-The creek crossing the fairway is a water hazard.

-The creek and wooded areas to the right and left of the fairway are lateral hazards.

-If your ball goes into the lateral hazard to the right of the fairway before reaching the creek crossing the fairway, you should drop before the creek in accordance with the lateral hazard rules.  If your ball goes into the lateral hazard to the right of the fairway after crossing the creek crossing the fairway, you should drop after the creek in accordance with the lateral hazard rules.

 

Hole #18 - 

-The woods to the left of the fairway and the pond to the right of the fairway are lateral hazards.

-The creek crossing the fairway is a water hazard.

-The wooded area behind the green and the area to the left of the green are lateral hazards.

-The practice areas behind the green are in play.