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My name is Nick Doran, and I am the former president of the UCSD Casual Golf Club.

I am going to post rules decisions as I encounter them on the golf course. I am pretty sure that I will be able to come up with at least one rule nugget for each round that I play.

Saturday, December 16, 2023

12/16/2023 - Rancho Bernardo Inn

By my recollection, concrete drainage ditches are often played as ground under repair.  I was a little surprised when the scorecard at Mission Trails indicated on the scorecard that they should be played as a lateral hazard.

I was in one on #8 today at RBI, and I checked the scorecard.  The scorecard says "Holes #1, 2, and 18 concrete channel is defined as an immovable obstruction."  On those holes, I thought that drainage ditch would play as a yellow hazard.  But there's nothing noted for hole #8, so I took an unplayable lie.

Digging through the official rules, the definition of Penalty Area includes a drainage ditch (even if not containing water).  So I guess I took the proper penalty (1 stroke), but for the wrong reason (penalty area versus unplayable lie).


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