Local Rules
TEMEKU HILLS MENS CLUB LOCAL RULES
JANUARY, 2023
OUT OF BOUNDS – Homeowner Fences, maintenance yard walls, driving range, and public roads define the course boundary. A ball which crosses a public road and comes to rest beyond that road is out of bounds. Rule 18.2, MLR A-3.
IMMOVABLE OBSTRUCTIONS – All concrete water housings, block or rock retaining walls and power poles. Free Relief. Rule 16.1.
SPRINKLER HEADS – If the sprinkler head is within two club lengths of the green and the ball is within two club lengths of the sprinkler head in a closely mown area, free line of play relief. MLR F-5.
FRENCH DRAINS- Containing gravel or not, free relief. Rule 16.1. OVERHEAD POWER LINES-A ball which strikes an elevated power line must
be replayed. No penalty. MLR E-11.
RED PENALTY AREAS- All water ponds and concrete water channels. All Acacia bushes. Rule 17.1
HOLES 7, 8, and 11- The penalty area begins at the redline or fairway edge of the concrete channel and extends to the course boundary. Rule 17.1
THMGC Local Rules for 2022
Out of Bounds - Homeowner Fences, maintenance yard walls, driving range , and public
roads define the course boundary. A ball which crosses a public road and comes to rest
beyond that road is out of bounds even if it comes to rest on another part of the course.
Red Penalty Areas - all water ponds and concrete water channels. The Acacia Bushes in
the vicinity of the water at the corner of the dog leg on Hole 5 as well as the Acacia
Bushes around the water on Hole 13 are Red Penalty Areas.
In the absence of painted Red Lines, the margin of the Red Penalty Area extends from the
fairway edge of the concrete channel to either the Homeowner Fences on Hole 7. the
Street on Hole 8, or the Boundary Wall on Hole 11.
NOTE: The embedded Cinder Blocks on Hole 7 are part of the Red Penalty Area. No
Free Relief.
The Local Rule allowing player's to use the Opposite Margin Equidistant Option is in
effect.
Immovable Obstructions - all concrete water housings, block or rock retaining walls and
power poles. Determine nearest point of relief, no nearer the hole, and drop within the
relief area. No Penalty
Sprinkler Heads - if the sprinkler head and ball are in a closely mown area around the
green, the player make take line of play relief from the immovable obstruction if the
sprinkler head is within two club lengths of the green and the ball is within two club
lengths of the sprinkler head. Determine the nearest point of relief and drop in the
General Area within one club length.
The ball must not be dropped on the putting green or roll onto the putting green
Power Lines - a ball which strikes a elevated power line MUST be replayed. No Penalty
French Drains - Containing gravel or not, drop the ball within the relief area no nearer the
hole. No Penalty.