ETIQUETTE OF THE GAME

All members are required to observe the rules and etiquette of golf.
Adherence to these rules ensures that members do not suffer through lack of consideration.


Special attention is drawn to the following:

  1. Adhere strictly to the time sheets and be on the tee seven minutes before your time.

  2. Kindly keep your place In the field, if unable to do so, signal, the match behind you to play through.

  3. Divot holes must be filled with sand.

  4. All bunkers in be repaired. Leave rakes inside the bunker.

  5. No one should move or talk or stand directly behind the ball or the hole when a player is making a stroke.

  6. Only you and your caddie may look for a lost ball.

  7. Walk around the greens and tees, not over them. Park your golf cart behind the green and to the side nearest to the next teeing ground.

  8. Leave the green immediately after the hole has been completed.

  9. Don't practice on the fairways.

  10. Help keep the course clean.

  11. See that the caddie does not damage the hole when removing and replacing the flags back.

  12. Bear with your caddie, he is probably doing his best.

  13. Remember to repair pitch marks on the greens and stamp down spike marks after everyone has putted out.

Bad Weather

When the siren sounds please immediately leave the course and return to the clubhouse, halfway house or rain shelters. Play may only continue when the siren sounds twice.


The Spirit of the Game

Unlike many sports, golf is played, for the most part, without the supervision of a referee or umpire. The game relies on the integrity of the individual to show consideration for other players and to abide by the Rules. All players should conduct themselves in a disciplined manner , demonstrating courtesy and sportsmanship at all times, irrespective of how competitive they may be. This is the spirit of the game of golf.


No disturbance or distraction

Players should always show consideration for other players on the course and should not disturb their play by moving, talking or making unnecessary noise.
Players should ensure that any electronic device taken onto the course does not distract other players.
On the teeing ground, a player should not tee his ball until it is his turn to play.


On the Putting Green

Players should not stand on another players line of putt or, when he is making a stroke, cast a shadow over his line of putt. Players should remain on or close to the putting green until all other players in the group have holed out.
Scoring
In stroke play, a player who is acting as a marker should, if necessary, on the way to the next tee, check the score with the player concerned and record it.


Pace of play

Players should play at a good pace. The committee may establish pace of play guidelines that all players should follow.
It is a group's responsibility to keep up with the group in front. If it loses a clear hole and it is delaying the group behind, it should invite the group behind to play through, irrespective of the number of players in that group.
Be ready to play
Players should be ready to play as soon as it is their turn to play. When playing on or near the putting green, they should leave their bags, carts or trolleys in such a position as will enable quick movement off the green and towards the next tee. When the play of a hole has been completed, players should immediately leave the putting green.


Lost ball

If a player believes his ball may be lost outside a water hazard or it is out of bounds, to save time, he should play a provisional ball. Players searching for a ball should signal the players in the group behind them to play through as soon as it becomes apparent that the ball will not easily be found. They should not search for five minutes before doing so. Having allowed the group behind to play through, they should not continue play until that group has passed and is out of range.


Priority on the course

Unless otherwise determined by the committee, priority on the course is determined by a group's pace of play. Any group playing a whole round is entitled to pass a group playing a shorter round.


Safety

Players should ensure that no one is standing close by or in a position to be hit by the club, the ball or any stones, pebbles, twigs or the like when they make a stroke or practice swing. Players should not play until the players in front are out of range. Players should always alert players nearby or ahead when they are about to make a stroke that might endanger them.
If a player plays a ball in a direction where there is a danger of hitting someone, he should immediately shout a warning. The traditional word of warning in such situations is 'fore'.


Lightning Rule: Updated

As per the rule book issued by the R&A.
When play is suspended by the committee for a dangerous situation, 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 cit play. If they are in the process of playing a hole, they must discontinue play immediately and not resume play until the committee has ordered a resumption of play. If a player fails to discontinue play immediately, he is disqualified unless circumstances warrant waiving the penalty as provided in Rule 33-7.
The signal for suspending play due to a dangerous situation will be a prolonged note of the siren.
Play may only continue when the siren sounds twice.

 

SANDBAGS ARE COMPULSORY AT ALL TIMES


REGULATIONS

Dress

Members and guests are requested to conform to the dictates of good taste in their golf attire.
Men wearing shorts are permitted to wear long-stockings or short white socks. Shorts with short white socks are not permitted in the bar after 6 p.m. Ladies are permitted to wear shorts on the course that should not be more than 12cm above the knee. Sand shoes, jeans are not allowed in the Club House nor on the course. Jeans may however be worn on the outside deck area. Only golf shoes with soft spikes are permitted on the course.

 

Cell Phones

The use of cell phones is not permitted in the Club House nor on the course. Cell phones may however be used dicretely on the outside deck.

 

LOCAL RULES

1. OUT OF BOUNDS (Rule 27/1)
(a) Beyond the boundary fences.
(b) The white stakes demarcating the area around the Clubhouse.


2. WATER HAZARDS (Rule 26)
(a) Lateral water hazards or portions thereof demarcated by red stakes or tines. This would be the dam on the tight of the 11th fairway and the drainage stud on the right of 9th and 10th farways.

(b)All other water hazards on the course are ordinary water hazards whether or not demarcated by yellow lines or stakes.


Note: At parts of the sluit including the concrete surroundings are deemed part of the hazard where the sluit crosses the 1st, 7th, 10th, and 18th holes. The bridges crossing the sluit are obstructions OUTSIDE the limits of the sluit only and relief can be obtained here in terms of the rules of golf.


3. OBSTRUCTIONS (Rule 24)
(a) The steel sluice gate supports on the right hand side of the 11th hole must be treated as an immovable obstruction. Rule 24/2B.
(b)All trees marked with a yellow tag which interferes with the players stance or intended swing, relief may be taken without penalty within one club length not nearer the hole.
Note: This does not necessarily include line of sight relief.


4. GROUND UNDER REPAIR (Rule 25)
(a) As defined in the Rules of Golf and any area ringed in white.
(b) All roads and paths on the course to be treated as ground under repair - relief at the nearest point not nearer the hole and then one club length.
(C) A ball coming to rest in any flowerbed must be dropped at the nearest point of relief within one club length without penalty.
(d) The entire practice tee to the right of the 8th hole to be treated as ground under repair.
(e) A bail coming to rest on any of the practice putting greens, Rule 25/3 applies and the ball must be dropped at the nearest point of relief.


5. FIXED SPRINKLER HEADS
The specimen local rule in Appendix 1 Part B of the Rules of Golf applies.

 

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