LOCAL RULES FOR TRIPLE S SENIORS HOME TOURNAMENTS Supersedes all previous publications – Revision 10/18/2024

Conditions of Competition It’s the choice of each player whether to play from the Blue, White, or Red tee markers. Please mark on your scorecard which tees you played your round from.

Out of Bounds Defined In addition to the golf course boundary fence, the boundary fence for the driving range, the greens nursery area in the maintenance yard north of the 14th green is out of bounds.

Lost Ball and/or Ball Out of Bounds After searching, for no longer than 3 minutes for a lost ball, or if the ball is out of bounds, the rule directs the player to drop in the fairway. Players must to the best of their ability determine where their ball went out of bounds or was lost and create an imaginary perpendicular line into the fairway, no closer to the hole. From there, you can now drop two club lengths into the fairway within a club length behind the line. The stroke and distance penalty is 2 strokes. If from the tee, the next shot would be the fourth. If you play a provisional ball, this rule is nullified.

Additional Out of Bounds Notes The area between maintenance yard, snack bar, and cart path behind 14th green is not ground under repair nor is it out of bounds. The ball must be played as it lies from there.

Lateral Water Hazard on Hole #10 The hazard boundary is defined as the extreme outside edge of the rocks and/or liner.

1. FROM THE TEE SIDE: If a player’s ball goes in the lake from the teeing side of the hazard players must play from the drop zone on the fairway side of the lake with a one stroke penalty.

2. FROM THE FAIRWAY SIDE: If a player’s ball goes in the lake from the fairway side of the lake – play as a lateral hazard. (Red Stake Rule) The player can take a drop two club lengths from the rocks no closer to the hole with a one stroke penalty of where the ball crossed into the penalty area.

Medical Cart Flag Players using medical condition waiver flags on electric power golf carts are required to keep their cart a minimum of 10 feet from putting greens and tee boxes.

Lift, Clean, and Place Only when this announced before the start of the tournament by the Home Tournament Chairman, a ball in the fairway can be marked, picked up, cleaned, and placed up to a club length from its original position no nearer the hole. No penalty is imposed.

Fire Ants Players who are faced with fire ants (or a fire ant hill that could be disturbed) are entitled to take a free drop within a club-length of the nearest point of relief from the danger, no nearer to the hole.

Immovable Obstructions You are allowed to take non-penalized relief from immovable obstructions (such as a non-boundary fence or sprinkler control box) if it interferes with your intended stance or swing for the shot. This does not include or allow for any relief for line-of-site.

Ground Under Repair Any area roped off by stakes and/or caution tape, all flowerbeds, and the waste/dump area west of the 12th fairway. These areas allow for a free drop to the point of nearest relief plus one club length. No closer to the hole.

Golf Course Condition Allowance: A ball resting in the fairway that has stopped in a place of bare dirt or mud can be marked, picked up, cleaned, and placed on a grassy area at the point of nearest relief no nearer the hole. No penalty is imposed.

Drainage Ditches If water is flowing enough to transport the ball, the ball shall be placed back as near as possible to its point of entry, as determined by the players in the group. Place the ball laterally from where it entered the ditch, one club length away from the ditch, no closer to the hole, with no penalty.

Putting Green If the ball lies in or on an edging groove around a putting green, the player may, without penalty, lift and clean the ball and place it outside the groove in the nearest relief position, whether on or off the putting green, no nearer the hole.

Embedded Ball A ball embedded in its own pitch-mark in the ground in any area other than a hazard may be lifted cleaned and dropped, without penalty, as near as possible to the spot where the ball lays but not closer to the hole.

Bunkers Due to generally poor bunker conditions, the club allows a golfer to lift, rake the immediate area, and then replace the ball – if the ball is in a foot print or previously disturbed area of the bunker. Also, if the player’s ball in the bunker is affected by an out-of-normal condition such as a crevice, drainage hole, exposed pipe, or other non-intended condition the player may take relief within the bunker and move the ball to the closest undamaged spot in the bunker no nearer to the hole.

Hole #16 (Ice Plant Rule) This local rule has been suspended. General Relief from Tree Roots This local rule has been suspended.

Governing Authority The Rules Chairman of the Triple S Seniors Golf Club shall be recognized as the governing authority concerning the establishment of Local Rules, the interpretation of U.S.G.A. Rules and Local Rules. Requests for decisions should be referred to the club. Decisions made by the Rules Chairman are final.

Club Policies 1. A $100 prize shall be given to any member who scores a “Hole in One” while playing in a Triple S Seniors event.

2. Range finders or other distance measuring devices that measure or gauge distance may be used in any Triple S golfing event. Devices that measure gradient (Slope), wind, etc. are only allowed if those functions are turned off.

3. Due to the increasing pressure from the La Mirada Golf Course for the club to supply accurate start sheets for each Wednesday’s tournament by the prior Sunday, the Triple S Seniors Golf Club must enact rules regarding players that do not provide adequate notice that they will not be able to play in our weekly tournaments. So, if your name is on the Thursday/Friday start sheet – you are committed to play unless you contact the club on or before the Saturday before the round. Notification after Saturday and/or a no-show on Wednesday will result in a penalty being assessed. The penalty consists of either a $10 fine or a one-week loss of playing privileges. If assessed this penalty, it’s the player’s choice to pay the fine or not play in the tournament the following week.

Thanks for your interest in this important update.

Kevin McGonagle “The Rules Guy”