Tuesday, July 7, 2015

Blue Heron Ryder Cup Rules and Course Information

Please print a copy for reference at the tournament.

This is a team net and gross tournament. Men will play the standard Blue tees (69.6/130) or the forward White tees (67.6/126). Women will play the Red tees (69.2/120). 

Return scorecard with two signatures in person to official scorer.

Format
• Better ball, holes #1-6. Each competitor plays his own ball. Record both scores unless you pick up because you are out of a hole (strongly recommended). Play the ball down.

• Selected drive–alternate shot, holes #7-12. Both partners tee off. Select which drive you will play, and alternate hitting that ball to the hole. If you select A’s drive, then B will hit the next shot, A will hit the third shot, etc. Note: You MAY NOT switch balls to play your own preferred brand, including for putting. Play the ball down.

• Scramble, holes #13-18. Both players tee off. Select the shot you want to play, and both players hit from that spot. Continue in this manner until the ball is holed. Once the ball is holed your score is official, so be sure to mark your ball on the green if your partner has not yet putted.
After you decide which shot you will play, mark the spot with a tee or ball marker. Each player must place the ball within 12” of that tee no closer to the hole and play his next shot. YOU MAY NOT USE THE 12” TO IMPROVE YOUR LIE (stay in the rough, in a bunker, behind a tree, OB, on the apron of the green, etc.).

Disqualification: If you play the wrong format on any hole the team will be disqualified. The format for each six holes is noted on your scorecard. Signs on the seventh and thirteenth holes will remind you of the format.

Time of starting: If your partner is late, you must start without him at your assigned tee time. Since the first six holes are a better ball, your partner may join you as late as the start of Hole #7. If you have begun play of a hole, your partner will begin play at the start of the next hole.

Local Rules
• Replace divots if large; otherwise, repair with divot mix stored on cart.
• Waste areas (no rakes) are not hazards. You may ground your club.
• All homes and property lines are out of bounds.
• Flags on greens for hole location: Red (front), White (middle), Blue (back).
• Yardage measured to center of green: sprinkler heads, posts on the side of the fairways (Red=100, White=150, Blue=200).
• Cart rules: Drive on the fairway. Do not drive or park in the rough.

Specific hole information:
The distances below are in order: Blue/White/Red.

#1: To carry bunker on right: 187/175/118. To reach bunker on left: 223/211/154.
#3: To carry bunker on right: 234/216/108.
#5: To carry bunker on right: 202/185/160. To reach second set of bunkers on right: 243/226/201.
#6: To carry bunker on right: 205/181/114. Any bill hit right of cart path tee to green is out of bounds.
#7: To carry first bunker: 202/172/132. To reach second bunker on left: 242/212/172. To reach bunker on right: 246/216/176.
#8: To carry bunker on right: 185/110/103. From end of bunker on right to bunker on left: 190; to bunker on right: 213.
#9: To bunker on left: 249/214/192.
#10: To carry bunker on left: 176/136/124. To reach bunker on right: 237/197/185.
#11: If both balls in water, re-tee (this will be your third shot on the hole). You may not drop on the other side of the water.
#12: To carry first bunker: 206/195/150. To reach second bunker: 236/225/180.
#13: To end of dogleg: 221/194/184.
#14: To reach waste area: 292/280/167.
#15: To carry bunker: 197/145/135. To reach water at willow tree: 256/204/194.
#18: To carry bunker on right: 165/151/99.