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HERMANUS GOLF CLUB
ABRIDGED LOCAL RULES FOR 2025 NOMADS NATIONALS
Breach of a local rule: General penalty except if stated otherwise
OUT OF BOUNDS:
A ball is out of bounds when it is beyond the course side edge of boundary fences, stakes,
lines or boundaries of private properties.
PENALTY AREAS:
Red penalty areas on holes 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 12 are identified by red stakes. The edges
of these areas are where the grass and the fynbos meet.
The penalty area right of the 8th teeing locations includes the workshop area.
No play and no entry zones are marked with red stakes with green tops. A ball played
from these areas – a 2 stroke penalty applies.
Red penalty areas around / behind the greens of holes 14, 15, 16 and left of 15th fairway.
Balls may NOT be retrieved or played from any of these above mentioned No Play Zones.
The driving range between 1st and 8th hole is a No Play Zone. Retrieving the ball from
this area is at the player’s own risk.
Hole 15 (MLR B-3): If a player plays a ball from the tee at the 15th hole and the ball never
crossed any part of the general area (fairway) and it’s unsure whether the the ball ended
in the No Play Zone red penalty area on the left of the fairway or maybe outside it, he
may play a provisional ball from the tee. If a provisional ball is played and the original
ball is not found anywhere in the general area, including the waste bunker, the player
must continue with the provisional ball. The player may not use any further penalty area
relief options in relation to the original ball.
PENALTY AREA DROP ZONES:
Optional drop zones under penalty of one stroke are available on the following holes:
Holes 5, 13, 14, 15, 16
15th hole – fairway side of fynbos for a ball that never crossed over the front area of the
fynbos and never reached the fairway (see 2.5).
PROTECTION OF TREES (Rule 16.1f):
All staked / supported trees and their bowls are No Play Zones defined as abnormal course
conditions. If interference exists by the tree or it’s bowl with the lie of the ball, stance or
intended swing of the player, the player MUST take free relief.
ABNORMAL COURSE CONDITIONS (Rule 16.1):
Immovable obstructions: Free relief is available on all roads and paths covered by
concrete, crusher dust and gravel. Big grey stones edging the concrete and gravel
surface pathways are to be treated as an extension of these pathways.
Immovable obstructions close to putting greens (MLR F-5): If a ball lies on a closely
mown area in the general area and an immovable obstruction also on a closely mown
area within 2 club lengths of a putting green and within 2 club lengths of the ball
intervenes on the line of play between the ball and the hole, the player may take relief
under Rule 16.1. There is no relief if a player chooses a line of play that is clearly
unreasonable.
Hoofmarks made by antelope (MLR F-13): Clearly identifiable antelope hoofmarks are
ground under repair from which free relief is available, except when in a penalty area.
On the putting green hoofmark damage may be repaired (Rule 13.1) and Model Local
Rule F-13 is not applicable.
Drop zone: On the 18th hole for a ball that has ended on the artificially surfaced area to
the left of the putting green or on the practice putting green, the player may take relief
under Rule 16.1 or as an additional option drop the ball in the drop zone situated to the
left of the putting green.
DOUBLE GREEN (Rule 13.1f):
The 3rd and 12th green is a double green, divided by white dots. The green of the hole not in
play is regarded as a Wrong Green. Compulsory free relief from this green must be taken.
WASTE AREA LEFT OF THE FAIRWAY ON 15TH HOLE:
Is part of the general area with no free relief available.
GARDENS AND FLOWER BEDS:
Part of the general area with no free relief available.
INTEGRAL PART OF THE COURSE:
Pine needle and wood chip covered paths – no relief without penalty.
Individual pieces of woodchips and pine needles are loose impediments and may be removed
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