Out of Bounds
All areas beyond Out of Bounds stakes at a public road are Out of Bounds. For example if on your tee shot on #3 Choctaw hits the cart path, crosses the road and comes to rest on #4 tee the shot is Out of Bounds and can not be played.
Embedded Ball Rule
Through the green,
a ball which is embedded in its own pitch-mark in the ground, other
than sand, may be lifted, cleaned and dropped as near as possible to
where it lay but not nearer the hole. The ball when dropped must first strike a part of the course through the green.
Through the green is the whole area of the course except:
1. The teeing ground and putting green of the hole being played;
And
2. All hazards on the course.
Winter Rules and Preferred Lies
The USGA does not endorse “winter rules” and “preferred lies” and recommends that the Rules of Golf be observed uniformly. Ground
under repair is provided for in Rule 25 and occasional local abnormal
conditions which might interfere with fair play and are not widespread
should be defined as ground under repair. However, when the conditions warrant the following local rule will be invoked: A ball lying on a closely-mown
area through the green may, without penalty, be moved or may be lifted,
cleaned and placed within one club length of where the original ball
lay, but not nearer the hole and not in a hazard or on a putting green. A player may move or place his ball once and after the ball has been moved or placed, it is in play.
Please
Check the information boards located on the first tees of each course
or with the starter to determine if “preferred lies”(winter rules) are
in effect
Cherokee
Hole #1 & #8 The
cart path on # 8 (only between the white stakes) defines the right
boundary (out of bounds) of Hole # 1 and apply only to that hole. It is not applicable to play of hole # 8
Hole #4. These two holes are to be played as a lateral hazard. (See Rule 26) The opposite bank is considered unplayable. Players are not permitted to drive around or cross over to play their ball. Balls may be re-hit from the spot the original ball was last played. A ball may be dropped within two club lengths, no nearer the hole, of where the ball last crossed the margin of the hazard.
Hole #5. See #4 above.
Hole #9. Parking lot is Out of Bounds.
Seminole
Hole #9. Practice area is out of bounds, you must replay the shot from the place you last played the ball.
Power Lines
A ball striking the power lines is to be played as it lies.
Removal of stones in bunkers
Stones in bunkers are movable obstructions (Rule 24-1 applies).
Relief from new sod
Sod seams for lie of ball only...: To be treated as an embedded ball through the green (Rule 25-2 applies).
Drainage areas filled with large stones
Out of Bounds
All areas beyond Out of Bounds stakes at a public road are Out of Bounds. For example if on your tee shot on #3 Choctaw hits the cart path, crosses the road and comes to rest on #4 tee the shot is Out of Bounds and can not be played.
Embedded Ball Rule
Through the green, a ball which is embedded in its own pitch-mark in the ground, other than sand, may be lifted, cleaned and dropped as near as possible to where it lay but not nearer the hole. The ball when dropped must first strike a part of the course through the green.
Through the green is the whole area of the course except:
1. The teeing ground and putting green of the hole being played;
And
2. All hazards on the course.
Winter Rules and Preferred Lies
The USGA does not endorse “winter rules” and “preferred lies” and recommends that the Rules of Golf be observed uniformly. Ground under repair is provided for in Rule 25 and occasional local abnormal conditions which might interfere with fair play and are not widespread should be defined as ground under repair. However, when the conditions warrant the following local rule will be invoked: A ball lying on a closely-mown area through the green may, without penalty, be moved or may be lifted, cleaned and placed within one club length of where the original ball lay, but not nearer the hole and not in a hazard or on a putting green. A player may move or place his ball once and after the ball has been moved or placed, it is in play.
Please Check the information boards located on the first tees of each course or with the starter to determine if “preferred lies”(winter rules) are in effect
Cherokee
Hole #1 & #8 The cart path on # 8 (only between the white stakes) defines the right boundary (out of bounds) of Hole # 1 and apply only to that hole. It is not applicable to play of hole # 8
Hole #4. These two holes are to be played as a lateral hazard. (See Rule 26) The opposite bank is considered unplayable. Players are not permitted to drive around or cross over to play their ball. Balls may be re-hit from the spot the original ball was last played. A ball may be dropped within two club lengths, no nearer the hole, of where the ball last crossed the margin of the hazard.
Hole #5. See #4 above.
Hole #9. Parking lot is Out of Bounds.
Seminole
Hole #9. Practice area is out of bounds, you must replay the shot from the place you last played the ball.
Power Lines
A ball striking the power lines is to be played as it lies.
Removal of stones in bunkers
Stones in bunkers are movable obstructions (Rule 24-1 applies).
Relief from new sod
Sod seams for lie of ball only: To be treated as an embedded ball through the green (Rule 25-2 applies).
Drainage areas filled with large stones
The entire area that is artificially surfaced with large stones is deemed an immovable obstruction (Rule 24-2 applies).