The Course

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Birds

Considered one of the courses with the widest variety of wild birds, Golf Playa Serena has many species of high ecological value, thanks to the ecosystem created by the golf course and lakes many birds have found perfect conditions for settlement.

Through out the course, players will enjoy a spectacular parade of wild birds.

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The following Competition and Local Rules have been formulated and approved by the Competition Committee of Golf Club Playa Serena.

1. OUT OF BOUNDS (Rule 27)
Defined by walls, white fences, lines or white stakes that define the boundary of the course. The white lines will prevail over the rest of the markings, thereafter the white stakes and if none of these are present, the mark nearest to the course will prevail.

Note:

1. When out of bounds is defined by a wall, the line of out of bounds will be determined by the side closest to the course at ground level.
2. The white and green stakes between holes 4 and 5, define out of bounds when the 4^th is being played, being an unmovable object when the 5^th is being played.

2. WATER HAZARDS (Rule 26) (Including Adjacent  Water Hazards).
Water hazards are all the areas defined by stakes or yellow lines. When there are yellow lines, these define the boundary. Adjacent water hazards are all the areas defined by stakes or red lines. When red lines exist, these define the boundary.

Note: Provisional ball in the water hazard, Hole 13. (I-2b appendix of the Rule book).
If there is doubt if a ball is in the water hazard on Hole 13 (where it lies) or lost in the water, the player can provisionally play another ball under any one of the applicable options of Rule 26-1.

1. If the original ball is outside the water hazard, the player must continue the game with the same ball.
2. If the original ball is within the water hazard, the player can play the original ball as it lies or continue provisionally with the ball played under the Rule 26-1.
3. If the original ball is not found or identified within the period of five minutes, the player must continue with a provisional ball.

3. ground under repair. (Rule 25)
Ground considered under repair:

1. The treated areas of the greens.
2. All the zones closed, marked with blue stakes, surrounded or painted in blue or white.
3. The Flowerbeds (all the enclosed landscaped garden areas).

“A ball that lies in ground under repair cannot be played as it lies; it will have to be moved according to Rule 25, in the absence of any specified dropping zone.”

4. MOVABLE OBSTRUCTIONS (Rule 24-1). The movable obstructions are: stones in the bunkers and the plastic tubes that protect the base of the trees. To be moved according to rule 24-1.

5. UNREMOVABLE OBSTRUCTIONS (Rule 24-2) The unmovable obstructions are;  distance markers, wooden path boundaries , the cordons and stakes that identify the ground under repair and the hose pipes that come out of the ground and re-enter, in order to water the small trees, not including the watering pipes around the perimeter  (see integral parts of the course). To be relieved according to rule 24-2

6. INTEGRAL PARTS OF THE COURSE

1. All the paths are an integral part of the course.
2. The irrigation pipes that are around the perimeter of the course (parallel to out of bounds).

7. PROTECTION OF SMALL TREES All the trees with stakes are considered part of the course. If a tree or tree well is interfering, the ball can be moved without penalty, and dropped according to Rule 24-2b.

8. EMBEDDED BALL Any ball that is embedded in its own pitch-mark on the course, non sandy, can be moved, cleaned and dropped, at the closest point to where it landed and no closer to the hole.

Exception:

1. A player cannot alleviate his ball under this Local Rule if it is clearly unreasonable for him to take a stroke due to any other reason other than covered by this Local Rule.

9. POSITIONING OF THE BALL A ball that lies on the course in an area of rough, can be picked up without penalty and cleaned. Before picking up the ball, the player must mark the position of the ball. Once picked up, it must be placed within the distance of a score card, but not nearer to the hole to where it lay originally, is not obstructed nor on the green. A player can place his ball only once and is in play when it has been placed (Rule 20-4).  If the ball is not in lying in the point in which it has been placed, 20-3d is applied to the Rule.  If the ball when placed does not stay in its position in and/or later moves, there is no penalty and the ball must be played as it lay, unless established by some other Rule.  If a player does not mark the position of the ball before picking it up, or he moves it by any other form, for example moving it with a club, he will incur the penalty of 1 stoke.  In the case of playing it without replacing it, the penalty will be 2 stokes.

PENALTY BY INFRACTION OF THE LOCAL RULES
(Unless there is another penalty defined by another rule)
Match play: Loss of the Hole  /  Stroke play: Two Strokes

NOTE: The use of mobile telephones on the course, it is an infraction of Rule 6-7 and the player will be penalised accordingly, when it inconveniences other players it is considered an infraction of the Rules of Etiquette and be considered a serious breach and result in the disqualification of the player in agreement with the Rule 33-7.

December 2010