AGC Rules on Preferred Lies
When you take a preferred lie, you must first mark where you ball lies. You may then clean your ball and then replace it within six inches of your marker. But no nearer to the hole being played.
These are also the usual local rules in force for the 2015 golf season.
Please check if Preferred Lies are allowed prior to starting your round. Especially after a spell of wet weather and throughout the Winter Season.
1. OUT OF BOUNDS (Rule 27 – 1)
Beyond any line of white stakes, 1st - 4th - 8th – 10th – 13th – 14th
Beyond ditch on 11th and on or beyond wall on the 12th
2. GROUND UNDER REPAIR (Rule 25)
a) All areas bounded by white lines or designated as ground under repair
b) Ruts made by tractor tyres
3. STONES IN BUNKERS
Stones in bunkers are moveable obstruction (RULE 24 – 2)
4. IMMOVABLE OBSTRUCTIONS (Rule 24 – 2)
Telegraph poles and marker posts
5. WATER HAZARDS
Open ditches will be staked on 6th and 11th
6. OVERHEAD TELEPHONE LINES
If a ball strikes the telephone line crossing the 18th hole, the stoke must be replayed, without penalty ( Rule 20 – 5)
7. STAKED TREES
If a staked tree interferes with a players stance or the area of their intended swing the ball must be lifted, without penalty, and dropped in accordance with Rule 24 – 2b (i)