The rain has unfortunately continued and all the local current rules will remain in place, with all bunkers GUR.<\/p>\n
Carts will be unavailable for the rest of this week and a review done on Friday for the weekend.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n The scheduled Mid-Week Championship will now be moved to Wednesday 11th May when hopefully we can have carts back on and a Black course won’t be so arduous as it would be currently.<\/strong><\/p>\n Conditions at the Course continue to be difficult requiring the application of preferred lies through the green currently and relief from abnormal course conditions<\/u> which now includes old term of casual water and GUR.<\/p>\n May I remind you that GUR on the fairways is for brown patches of dead turf only<\/u>, and these are not marked with white lines because of the vast amount of turf damage present.<\/p>\n GUR in the rough is however marked by white lines<\/u>, and relief can only be taken from those marked areas within the rough. No white line, no relief from GUR<\/u>.<\/p>\n Currently in the general area (rough and Fairway) preferred lies 15cm apply and the option for relief from casual water still applies.<\/p>\n 1)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I would like to clarify the procedure to follow when the ball in play enters the rough or a dead patch on the fairway and is subsequently not found within 3 minutes. Refer to rule 18<\/strong> for more <\/u>extensive explanation.<\/u><\/p>\n If your ball enters the rough and you cannot see it, please consider playing a provisional ball.<\/u><\/p>\n This is not compulsory, but under current conditions of the course, it is difficult to be 95% sure and certain that you know where you ball finished.<\/p>\n Exception<\/u>: After playing the ball, before you move on<\/u>, if you and your playing partners agree that the ball landed in GUR in the rough (or dead patch on the fairway for that matter), with 95% certainty, the provisional may not be required. I actually had this situation on Saturday on the right-hand side of the 13th<\/sup> corner.<\/p>\n After playing my tee shot, and seeing it land in a large area of marked GUR, I consulted with my playing partners who witnessed the ball landing in said area. (95% certain situation) from which relief was permitted, even though the ball was subsequently not found.<\/p>\n Otherwise, if the final position of the ball is not known with 95% certainty<\/u> after playing your shot, and subsequently your ball is not found, you cannot assume that it was lost in GUR and claim relief. After a 3-minute search, in this instance you would have to return to where you played your last shot under penalty of stroke and distance.<\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n