General Course Information

• All distances (sprinkler heads, tee boxes) are measured to the centre of the greens.

• Carnmoney’s maximum pace of play is 4 hours and 20 minutes. Please play ready golf and keep up with the group ahead of you.

• Golf Canada Rules of Golf govern all play except where modified by the Local Rules. For the full text of any Local Rule referenced below, please refer to the Official Guide to the Rules of Golf.

  • It is recommended that players read and become familiar with the Player’s Edition of the Rules of Golf, which is an abridged, user-friendly set of the Rules with the shorter sentences, commonly used phrases and diagrams. It is intended to be the primary publication for golfers.

  • There is also a Full Rules of Golf that is intended to be the primary publication for officials and is expected Golf Club Committees and Referees will use the publication as their primary Rules of Golf source.

  • Unless otherwise noted, the penalty for breach of a Local Rule is the general penalty (loss of hole in match play or two stroke penalty in stroke play).

2024 Carnmoney Local Rules

Play is governed by the Golf Canada Rules of Golf (effective January 2023), and, where applicable, by the following Local Rules and Terms of the Competition. Complete text of Local Rules may be found in the Golf Canada Official Guide to the Rules of Golf (effective January 2023).

Unless otherwise noted, the penalty for breach of a Local Rule is the General Penalty.

Match play – Loss of hole; Stroke play – Two strokes

It is recommended that you put an identification mark on your golf ball.

If you are unsure of a ruling, please play two balls, choose which ball will count and announce the choice to your marker before making a stroke. and record both scores. Report the facts of the situation to the  Committee before returning your scorecard. (Rule 20.1c).

• Penalty Areas (Rule 17)

  • In the absence of painted lines, the edge of the penalty area is the edge of the mown grass (rough).

  • Where an artificial wall surrounds the edge of a lake or other body of water, the penalty area is defined by the outside edge of the wall.

  • If a player does not know whether their ball is in the penalty area on hole 18, the player may play a provisional ball using any of the following relief options: stroke-and-distance, back-on-the-line or, if it is a red penalty area, or the lateral relief option (see Rule 17.1d). See Model Local Rule B-3 for full details of the Local Rule.

• Dropping Zones for Penalty Areas

  • As an extra relief option for the penalty area on holes 6, 11, 13, and 17 adding one penalty stroke, a player may drop a ball in the dropping zone defined as being within two club-lengths of the drop area sign. The dropping zone is a relief area under Rule 14.3.

  • As an extra relief option for the penalty area on hole 18 adding one penalty stroke, a player may drop a ball in the dropping zone defined as the closely mown area containing the White Teeing Area. The dropping zone is a relief area under Rule 14.3.

• Abnormal Course Conditions (including Immovable Obstructions) (Rule 16)

  • Ground Under Repair - Rule 16.1 includes:

    • Areas bounded by a while line

    • French drains (stone-filled drainage ditches)

    • Areas in bunkers where sand has been removed by the movement of water resulting in deep furrows through the sand are ground under repair.

    • If the left fairway bunker on hole 5 is filled with temporary water it is ground under repair in the general area and is not treated as a bunker during the round. The player may take free relief under Rule 16.1b. All other bunkers on the course, whether they contain temporary water or not, are still bunkers for all purposes under the Rules.

    • If a player’s ball lies in or touches a recent aeration hole, relief may be taken under Rule 16.1. See Model Local Rule E-4 for further details

    • Seams of Cut Turf – Model Local Rule F-7 is in effect. Interference exists if a player’s ball lies in or touches a seam of cut turf or a seam interferes with the player’s area of intended swing. However, interference does not exist if the seam only interferes with the player’s stance. All seams within the area of cut turf are treated as the same seam in taking relief.

    • Immovable Obstructions - Landscaped garden areas and everything growing in them. Roads or paths surfaced with woodchips or mulch.

• Integral Objects - The following are integral objects from which free relief is not allowed:

  • Artificial retaining walls and pilings, such as railways ties and rock walls, whether or not they located in penalty areas

  • Bunker liners in their intended position. Interference by a liner with a player’s stance is deemed not to be, of itself, interference under this Rule.

  • Wires, cables, wrappings and other objects where they are closely attached to trees or other permanent objects

• Team Competitions (Rule 24)

  • Appointment of Advice Giver in Team Competitions

    • Each team may name their team captains or one other advice giver whom players on the team may ask for advice and receive advice from during the round. The team must identify each advice giver to the Committee before any player on the team begins his or her round.

    • The advice giver must not point out a line of play or walk on the putting green when the ball of a team player lies on the putting green.

  • Team Members in Same Group

    • Rule 10.2 is modified in this way:

      Where two players from the same team are playing together in the same group, those players may ask for advice and receive advice from each other during the round.

• Prompt Pace of Play

  • Carnmoney’s Pace of Play Policy is effect at all competitions. Players must ensure that they complete holes and the round within the times established by the Committee. Note: Rule 5.6a (Unreasonable Delay of Play) is still applicable.

• When Competition is Final

  • The competition is final when all scores have been validated in the scoring system and approved by the Committee or when the trophy has been presented to the winner.

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