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).

Golf Canada Rules of Golf govern all play except where modified by the Local Rules

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

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.

• Dropping Zones for Penalty Areas

  • Where a dropping zone is marked for a penalty area, it is an additional option for relief under penalty of one stroke. The dropping zone is a relief area. A ball must be dropped in and come to rest in the relief area.

  • 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 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

    • Any area bounded by a while line

    • French drains (stone-filled drainage ditches)

    • If the left fairway bunker on hole 5 is flooded it is ground under repair in the general area and is not treated as a bunker during the round. 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

    • 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:

      (a) Ball in General Area. The player may take relief under Rule 16.1b.

      (b) Ball on Putting Green. The player may take relief under Rule 16.1d.

      But interference does not exist if the seam only interferes with the player’s stance.

• Immovable Obstructions

  • Landscaped garden areas and everything growing in them

  • Roads or paths surfaced with woodchips or mulch.

• Integral Objects

  • 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.

• Flagsticks

  • Under Rule 1.2b, as a code of conduct, players are prohibited from touching or removing the flagstick. Generally, there is no penalty except in the case where a player deliberately acts to affect the outcome of the hole in which case the general penalty would apply.

• Bunker and rakes

  • During the time that bunker rakes have been removed from the course it is strongly encouraged that players try their best to smooth the disturbed area with a foot or a club after playing the ball. If a player’s ball comes to rest in a disturbed area in a bunker, a free placement of the ball may be taken in the bunker within one club-length of the ball no nearer the hole.

• 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.

• Scorecards and Scoring

  • All players will be provided with a physical scorecard and as the marker, they will use this card to keep track of their opponent’s score. Following play, the marker will then allow the player for whom they were keeping score to take a picture of the completed scorecard and email it to scoring@carnmoney.com within 15 minutes of the completion of their round. Once this action has been taken, the scorecard would be considered returned.

• When Competition is Final

  • The competition is deemed to have closed when the trophy has been presented to the winner or, in the absence of a prize ceremony, when all scores have been approved by the Committee.

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