CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP WEEKEND

In the past this has meant slow rounds of golf.  Our regular rounds with buddies on the weekend normally take around 4 hours to play.  In these rounds we give putts, drop balls on the side of the trees and not go back to the tee if they are lost.

Club Championship weekend is somewhat different - we spend more time on the greens and putt out everything.  We look for lost balls a little longer and we wait for the next person to hit, rather than playing ready golf. All these little things add time to the round, then it's finger pointing time when we get back to the club house after a slow round - which in the past has been in excess of 5 hours.

Let's try and speed up play this weekend, and play between 4 and 4 1/2 hours. As members we all know the greens, so don't start lining up putts from 4 different angles,  (we don't normally do it) putt continuously,  providing you're not on someones line. Hit provisional balls, be ready to hit at all times, don't wait for someone to hit, then go through your own routine.  Do the same on the greens. BE READY to play your next shot.

Always keep up with the group ahead of you.  

We will have Marshals on the course this weekend, and slow play WILL BE PENALIZED.

GOOD LUCK TO ALL AND HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND

RELIEF FROM IMMOVABLE OBSTRUCTION

Rule 24-2. Immovable Obstruction

Interference by an immovable obstruction occurs when a ball lies in or on the obstruction, or when the obstruction interferes with the player's stance or the area of his intended swing. If the player's ball lies on the putting green, interference also occurs if an immovable obstruction on the putting green intervenes on his line of putt. Otherwise, intervention on the line of play is not of itself, interference under this rule.

Where this applies at Redwood Meadows.

Immovable obstructions are not plentiful at Redwood, but there are a few, like the green irrigation boxes, sprinkler heads and yardage markers. You get relief from these obstructions - without penalty - only if they are interfering with your stance and or swing path.  If they interfere with your intended ball flight after hitting the ball, there is no relief.
The relief without penalty is one club length from the nearest point of relief, no nearer the hole.

NOW THE RULES,  PLAY BY THE RULES,  ENJOY YOUR GOLF.