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Sugar Valley Golf Club - Local Rules
Tee Markers
Front nine: Red markers. Back nine: Blue markers.
Preferred Lies
30 cm’s only on fairway being played & balls must be marked before lifting, ball can be cleaned.
Plugged Ball
May be lifted and cleaned through the green.
Bare Patches
On fairways you are playing. A drop from bare patches on greens may be taken. Nearest point of relief and no closer to the hole.
Roads & Wheel Tracks
To be treated as G.U.R.
Taking Relief Garden
Drop zones must be used where provided.
Sand Buckets
All players must carry and use sand buckets.
The Road On Hole 9th
Is out of bounds.
Rocks On 8th Tee
If you hit rocks on 8th tee and land in water/creek, it is a penalty.
Holes 5, 6, 7:
Is to be treated as a hazard. Over the creek on the 1st, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th is out of bounds. Penalty: plus loss of distance.
Accidental Movement
Ball in Putting Green - A local rule. (Read info sheet)
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