Local/Club Rules:

 A.) Putting Ball:  After reaching the green players may putt with another ball.                                                   

 B.) Ball Laying in Rocks to prevent damage to golf clubs, a player that finds his ball outside of a hazard but on or around rocks that could reasonably damage his club may ask another player to check his lie and, if that player agrees, the ball can be dropped without penalty behind the rocks along an imaginary line from the hole through the ball.  Drop as soon as you are clear of the rocks.  This rule does not apply if the ball is in a hazard. Boulders are not rocks!

 C.)  High Grass Rule any grass higher than the length of any of your grips on your clubs, be deemed a lateral hazard.  Drop outside at point where your ball crossed into the high grass,  two clubs lengths no closer to the pin add one stroke penalty.

 D.) Aeration Holes.  When a course has been aerated, a Local Rule permitting relief, without penalty, from an aeration hole may be warranted. The following Local Rule is recommended: 'Through the green, a ball that comes to rest in or on an aeration hole may be lifted without penalty, cleaned and dropped, as near as possible to the spot where it lay but not nearer the hole. The ball when dropped must first strike a part of the course through the green. On the putting green, a ball that comes to rest in or on an aeration hole may be placed at the nearest spot not nearer the hole that avoids the situation.

 E.)  Provisional Lost Ball.   After a reasonable time searching for a lost ball, the player should leave the other members looking for the ball, return to where the ball was last struck and hit another ball (provisional).  If the lost ball is found before the provisional ball is hit a second time, the first ball (formerly lost) shall be considered in play.  No Penalty

 F.) You are allowed to tap down scuff marks on the greens.

 G.) Stones in bunkers are movable obstructions (Rule 24-1 applies).  The pros never encounter this problem since they play on special PGA sand.  It’s not fair that we amateurs should have tougher playing conditions than the pros.  Therefore you can remove such things from sand bunkers without penalty.

   H.) Occasionally you will encounter an area with grooves or ridges obviously caused by golf carts using that area as an unofficial cart path.  This local rule allows you to treat these lies like you would if it was on a designated cart path by providing relief of the type afforded under Rule 24-2b from roads and paths not having artificial surfaces and sides if they could unfairly affect play.  Drop the ball no further than 1 club length no nearer to the hole without penalty. At least one other player must agree that the lie meets the highlighted criteria.

  I.) —Two-stroke Out of Bounds Penalty

 If you think a shot may be out of bounds, add 1 stroke, drop another ball from the same place and hit a provisional ball.  (Stroke and distance as per the USGA Rules of golf---preferred).  But, if you do not hit a provisional ball and discover your ball out of bounds you may either go back and hit as above OR drop another ball in the fairway, add 2 penalty strokes and play on.

 This second option will speed up play by not having to go back to where your last shot was played.

 Example: Your tee shot hits a tree, but you think it stayed in bounds, so you do not hit a provisional.  When you get to that tree you cannot find the ball and must presume it went out of bounds or you find it out of bounds but you are 150 yards down the fairway and the next group is on the tee box, so you elect to drop a ball inbounds near the tree and play on.  With the 2-stroke penalty, you will be hitting your 4th stroke at this point.  (If you go back to the tee box, you will be hitting three and may or may not be better off when you get to your 4th stroke.)

  J.) --Improving your lie but not your position in a sand bunker.

 Since professional golfers never have to hit out of a footprint or find a rock in front of their ball in a bunker, and we amateurs regularly do, we are going to try a local rule that allows you to pick up your ball, smooth the sand beneath it and drop your ball approximately where it was…improving your lie but not your position.

 Since this rule could be easily abused it will be necessary to involve another player in your group to agree and observe the procedure.  If, for instance, your ball is buried in the face of the bunker, you must play it as it lies.  If your stroke simply dislodges the ball and it rolls down into your footprint, you may apply the procedure above.  The idea is to make your lie more like the typical lie a pro would encounter.

 K.) Fire ants are always a free drop even in a bunker.

 L.) Members are advised that relief from exposed tree roots may be obtained as per the below rule, effective immediately.

  Tree roots on areas of the course cut at fairway height may be treated as an ABNORMAL GROUND CONDITION. Where a tree root interferes with the lie of the player’s ball or the area of the player’s intended swing, relief without penalty may be taken under Rule 25-1(i).

 That is, the ball may be lifted and dropped within one club-length of, and not nearer to the hole than, the nearest point of relief.

  If the dropped ball comes to rest in a position where there is interference from the condition or the ball comes to rest more than two club-lengths from where it first struck the ground, the ball must be re-dropped in accordance with Rule 20-2.c(v) and (vi) respectively, and the general provisions of Rule 20-

 Note 1: Relief under this Rule is not available for interference to the player’s stance.

 Note 2: Provided nothing is done to improve the lie of the ball or the area of intended swing Rule (13-2) or the ball is not moved in the process (Rule 18-2), the player may take reasonable steps to probe the surface to determine the presence of tree roots.