Alberta Open Championship

PLAY is governed by the RCGA 2004 Rules of Golf and its decisions and where applicable, by the following Local Rules and definitions, subject to changes, additions or deletions for particular championships by the Rules of Golf Committee of Alberta Golf and may be amended by supplementary local rules.

Local rules of the host club shall not apply.

Unless otherwise provided, penalty for breach of a Local Rule is 2 strokes in Stroke Play and loss of hole in Match Play.

1. GOLF BALLS / GOLF CLUBS: Only golf balls and golf clubs which have been tested on apparatus approved by the RCGA and found to conform with the 2004 Rules of Golf, may be used. A list of conforming balls and non-conforming clubs is available from the RCGA or Alberta Golf. Penalty for breach: DISQUALIFICATION.

2. TIME OF STARTING (Rule 6-3a): All players in a group must be present and ready to play at the time laid down by the Committee. Penalty for breach: DISQUALIFICATION. However, if a player arrives at the starting point, ready to play, within 5 minutes after the group's starting time, a penalty of 2 strokes in Stroke Play or loss of hole in Match Play will be applied.

3. ROADS AND PATHS, which are artificially surfaced, plus any white lines tying into them, are obstructions and relief may be taken in accordance with Rule 24-2. (Immovable Obstruction)

4. WATER HAZARDS AND LATERAL WATER HAZARDS: Defined by yellow and red stakes and/or lines, respectively. When stakes and lines are present, the lines will define the margin of the hazard and the line itself is in the hazard.

5. TREE WRAPPINGS closely attached to trees are not obstructions. No free relief.

6. SCORE CARDS must be returned to the Committee immediately upon completion of play. Failure to do so may result in disqualification.

7. OUT OF BOUNDS: Defined by the nearest inside points of white stakes or boundary fence posts at ground level. When out of bounds is defined by a white line on the ground, the line itself is out of bounds.

8. CULTIVATED TREE BASINS and shrubs are considered "through the green" unless such basins contain crushed rock, plastic or metal liners or the like, in which case they are considered obstructions (Rule 24-2). (Immovable Obstruction)





9. ELEVATED POWER LINES: If a ball strikes such a line, the stroke must be cancelled and a ball played, without penalty, from where the previous stroke was played.

10. GROUND UNDER REPAIR: Defined by white lines. The line itself is in the ground under repair and includes (whether or not marked) French drains and cultivated flowerbeds. Relief must be taken from flowerbeds.

11. LIFTING AN EMBEDDED BALL: Extended to balls through the green as per the wording suggested in Appendix 1 page 107. “ Through the green, a ball which is embedded in its own pitch-mark in the ground, other than sand, may be lifted without penalty, cleaned and dropped as near as possible to where it lay but not nearer the hole. The ball when dropped must first strike a part of the course through the green.”

12. SUSPENSION OF PLAY FOR A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION:

a. DANGEROUS SITUATION - SUSPEND PLAY: One prolonged horn/siren note. When play is suspended for a dangerous situation PLAYERS SHALL DISCONTINUE PLAY IMMEDIATELY and shall not thereafter resume play until the committee has ordered a resumption of play.

PENALTY FOR BREACH OF THIS LOCAL RULE: DISQUALIFICATION

All practice areas shall be closed during suspension for a dangerous situation and shall remain closed until the Committee has declared them open for use.

b. OTHER SITUATION - SUSPEND PLAY: Several consecutive short horn/siren notes. Rule 6-8b will apply, “When play is suspended by the Committee, if the players in a match or group are between the play of two holes, they must not resume play until the Committee has ordered a resumption of play. If they have started play of a hole, they may discontinue play immediately or continue play of the hole, provided they do so without delay. If the players choose to continue play of the hole, they are permitted to discontinue play before completing it. In any case, play must be discontinued after the hole is completed. The players must resume play when the Committee has ordered a resumption of play. Penalty for breach of Rule 6-8b: Disqualification.
c. RESUME PLAY: Two (2) consecutive short horn/siren notes.

NOTE:
Rule 6-8 allows an individual player to discontinue play if the player believes there is danger from lightning. If the player discontinues play without specific permission from the Committee, the player shall report to the Committee as soon as practicable. If the player does so and the Committee considers the reason satisfactory, the player incurs no penalty. Otherwise, the player shall be disqualified.

13. PRACTICING: Stroke play competitions – A player must not play any practice stroke on or near a putting green of the hole last played. If a practice stroke is played on or near the putting green of the hole last played, the player shall incur a penalty of two strokes at the next hole, except that in the case of the last hole of the round, he incurs the penalty at that hole.

2005 ALBERTA OPEN
REDTAIL LANDING GOLF CLUB
JUNE 14th& 15th, 2005
SUPPLEMENTARY LOCAL RULES

1. Play will be governed by the 2004 edition of the Rules of Golf as issued by the RCGA, the Standard Local Rules sheet supplied to competitors by Alberta Golf, and as modified by this Supplementary Local Rules sheet.
2. Play will be from the Alberta Golf tee markers.
3. Format – 36 holes Stroke Play.
At the conclusion of 36 holes, any ties for First Place overall and/or Low Amateur will be broken by Sudden Victory Playoff, commencing on Hole #10, then proceeding to Hole #18, and repeating that sequence until a Champion is determined.
Procedures for playoffs involving various combinations of professionals and amateurs will be posted in a Notice To Competitors that will be available at the tournament.
4. All competitors must complete 18 holes for the tournament to be considered official.
5. The sandy area to the right of Holes #3 and #5 is to be considered a waste area. Loose impediments may be removed, and your club may be grounded prior to playing the shot. Please be considerate of all competitors by smoothing footprints upon exiting this area.
6. The rock boulders that border the lateral water hazards are Immovable Obstructions in the lateral water hazard. Relief is ONLY granted if the ball is NOT in the lateral water hazard.
7. On Hole #12, the entire sandy area along the left and front of the green is to be played as a Sand Bunker.
8. If a competitor’s ball comes to rest in the seam between strips of newly laid sod through the green that has not been marked as Ground Under Repair, the competitor may drop the ball at the nearest point of relief, not nearer the hole. This relief applies to the ball position and not stance.
9. The green that is played on holes 2 & 5 is a double green. If your ball is on the wrong green defined by the line in green paint, you must take relief under Rule 25-3 and drop the ball within one club length and not nearer the hole at the nearest point of relief off the green. The nearest point of relief must not be in a hazard or on the putting green. You may clean the ball.
10. Alberta Golf Rules Officials will be on the golf course to assist competitors with Rulings and to monitor pace of play. However, if a competitor requires a ruling and no official is readily available, the competitor may invoke Rule 3-3. There is a new change to the 2004 Rules of Golf with respect to 3-3. If a competitor scores the same with both balls, they must report to the Committee for a ruling or be subject to Disqualification.
11. The pace of play is 4 ½ hours.