| If
you cannot make your tee time, please call the Golf Shop, 480-838-0488 PRIOR TO
TEE TIME to cancel. Three
ideas for common golf etiquette ... play FAST, play SAFE, play COURTEOUSLY. Read
John Gunby's handout about Fast, Safe, and
Courteous. CELL
PHONES: To be courteous to golfers on the course, we request cell phones be
used for emergencies only and the phones be in a silent mode while golfing. GUESTS:
Guests cannot play more than 3 times without joining the Shalimar 9-Hers. Do not
have more than 4 people in your golf group. LEAVE
GREEN IMMEDIATELY AFTER PUTTING OUT. DO YOUR SCORING AFTER REACHING THE NEXT TEE. DO
NOT spend a lot of time fishing for balls! ALL
STROKES COUNT: If you CAP at 10, you may pick up your ball, or X out at anytime,
BUT you are ineligible for POD or Tournament play. Your adjusted score will count
for handicap. WHIFF:
When you intend to hit the ball but miss it completely, this is called a "whiff"
and it counts as a stroke. ON
THE FIRST TEE: Identify your ball by name and number to those playing with
you. Do not move, talk or stand in line of sight when player is teeing off or
putting. TWO STROKE PENALTY if you play another person's ball. (USGA has additional
rules) ON
THE GREEN: Once all players are on the green, it is a common courtesy to mark
your ball. Once you start putting, you can putt out to speed up play. If you hit
someone else's ball when putting, you must take a TWO STROKE penalty. The person
whose ball is hit is not assessed a penalty. (USGA has additional rules) TENDING
THE FLAGSTICK: Rule of thumb is person with ball closest to pin takes out
the flag. Then the first person to putt in puts the flag back in. Do scoring on
the next tee. SAND
TRAPS: Do not ground the club in the sand trap. Rake traps after using. A
common courtesy is for a members of the group to rake for the person in the sand. FAIRWAY
AND DIVOTS: When in the wrong fairway, you must give right-of-way to those
playing in that fairway. Repair and replace divots immediately -- press down firmly
with your foot. OUT
OF BOUNDS: (White stakes, driving range fence and course boundaries) If your
ball goes out of bounds, you must go back to the original spot from which you
last played it and play another. Count both strokes and add a penalty stroke to
your score.
Hole 6 - Area with bushes, right of house is Out of Bounds. LOST
BALL: Same rule and procedure applies as a ball hit Out of Bounds. You have
5 minutes to look for a lost ball. PROVISIONAL
BALL: If you think your ball goes Out of Bounds or is Lost, you may play a
Provisional ball provided you do so before looking for your ball and you inform
your fellow golfers that you are taking a Provisional. If you find the Original
Ball (and it is not Out of Bounds), you pick up the Provisional and play the Original
without penalty. If you cannot find your Original Ball or it is Out of Bounds,
play the Provisional and count all strokes taken along with any penalty strokes
incurred. LATERAL
WATER HAZARDS: (defined by red lines or stakes) All Water Hazards at Shalimar
are considered Lateral Water Hazards. These are 4 options:
- You may play another ball
from the place where you played the original ball, count both strokes and take
a penalty stroke.
- You
may drop a ball behind the hazard, keeping the spot where it last crossed the
margin of the hazard between the hole and the spot on which the ball is dropped,
with a one stroke penalty.
- You
may drop a ball within 2 club lengths of the point where the ball last crossed
the margin of the hazard (or a point on the opposite margin equidistant from the
hole), no nearer the hole, with a one stroke penalty.
- On
Holes 5, 6, or 9, you may drop a ball in the Drop Area (brown tee markers).
Drop Area for 5 and 6 are across the water and 9 across the water to the right.
There is a one stroke penalty.
CART
PATH AND IMMOVABLE OBSTRUCTIONS: Immovable Obstructions are artificial such
as cart paths and bridges. Move to the nearest point of relief where it does not
interfere with your swing or stance, no nearer to the hole. Take one club length
and drop the ball (again, no nearer to the hole). There is no penalty. Note, if
your ball is in a lateral water hazard, there is no relief. Holes
4, 7, & 8: Shrubs and cactus, left
of cart path, are considered part of the cart path and above rules for cart path
apply. USGA
rules apply except as modified by Local Rules. MEMBERSHIP
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