Thursday, May 11, 2017

Shore Gate Better Ball Rules, Local Rules, and Course Information

Please read and print for reference on the course.

Scorecards and General Information
• Play the ball down.
Record gross score for each player. If you pick up, record X plus your most likely score (Linda must have a number so that she can post your score).
• Maximum score per hole: double par. You must pick up if your score reaches double par. Record double par on the scorecard.
Total each player’s individual score.
One member of each team must personally return the scorecard to the tournament director and remain in the scoring area until the card is reviewed.
• Maintain a good pace of play. Keep up with the players in front of you.
• Tipping is optional. $2 of your tournament fee will be used to tip the bag handlers.
DO NOT POST YOUR SCORE. LINDA WILL POST THE SCORES.

Local Rules
• Repair divots with divot mix stored on cart.
• Environmentally sensitive areas are marked by red posts with green tops. Do not enter. Play as lateral hazards. Use the tree line as the hazard margin.
• Natural sand areas (no rakes provided) are played as through the green. You may ground your club.
• Flags on greens for hole location: Red (front), White (middle), Blue (back).
• Yardage measured to center of green: sprinkler heads, cart path, disks (Red=100, White=150, Blue=200, Yellow=250).
• Cart rules: Cart path only on holes 1, 3, 6, 12, and all par-3’s. For all other holes, enter at the carts sign, drive only on the fairway (do not drive or park in the rough), and exit at the cart signs. If you have a health issue, the course will provide a handicap flag.
• Barber poles are placed on several holes at the 150-yard marker to let you know where to aim your drive.
• Park carts behind the green when you arrive at the green to help speed up play for the group behind you.

Tees
Men will compete from the White tees or the Gold tees.
Women will compete from the Red tees.

Specific hole information 
Disclaimer: I have requested that the tee markers be located to correspond to the distances printed on the scorecard. This may not be possible for all holes. Please use your GPS for accurate distance measurements.
#1: Dogleg left. 275 yards to bunker (230 from Gold, 193 from Red).
#2: Look to the right of the cart path to find the White tee box.
#3: Environmental hazard on left and around back of green. Play as lateral hazard.
#4: 240 yards to twin bunkers on right (200 from Gold, 170 from Red). 234 yards from Gold to bunker on left (202 from Red). Environmental hazard on left–play as lateral hazard.
#5: Full-service bathroom to left of green.
#6: Series of bunkers on left, starting 100 yards from green. Near the green, a thin strip of fairway runs along the right side of the bunkers all the way to the green.
#9: 209 yards from Gold to lake on left (178 from Red). Plenty of fairway right of lake.
#10: 190 yards to left bunker, 204 to carry. (Gold: 168 to bunker, 182 to carry; Red: 124 to bunker, 138 to carry.) 234 yards to right bunker (205 from Gold; 161 from Red).
#11: Dogleg left. Left side lined with bunkers, tee to 100-yard marker. Maximum distance for drive must be 90 yards short of green – any further and ball will be in troublesome grass bunker. Look to land your ball near the 100-yard marker. The grass bunker is 15 yards past the 100-yard marker. The entire left side is an environmental hazard that starts at the tree line – do not enter, drop a ball within two club-lengths or hit a ball from where you hit your previous shot, one-stroke penalty.
#12: 253 yards to lateral water hazard on right (219 from Gold; 208 from Red). The entire left side is an environmental hazard that starts at the tree line (see #11).
#13: 324 yards from White to bunker on right (300 from Gold; 250 from Red). Bunkers on left side, tee to green. A section of rough 32 yards wide crosses the fairway 250 yards from the green.
#14: Full-service bathroom to right of green.
#15: 185 yards to lake from Gold (160 from Red). If you want to hit a longer drive, aim drive over barber pole. GUR marked by flags in the bunker on the left just past the 150 marker. Find the NPR no closer to the hole and drop within one club-length from shoulder height.
#18: 206 yards from White to carry bunker on right (189 from Gold; 158 from Red).