Course Tips | Out of Bounds

The boundary of the course is marked by a combination of:

• cyclone wire perimeter fence;
• housing fences;
• brush fence at the 9^th and 16^th tees;
• the net at the southern end of the practice range; and
• black-topped white stakes.

The course boundary has recently been revised to exclude the following two areas:

The actual boundary is the line between the inner-most edge of the stakes or fence posts at ground level.

In order for your ball to be out of bounds, the whole of it must be beyond the OOB line.

If your ball is out of bounds you must either return to play another ball from the point where you last played and incur a one stroke penalty or if you have played a provisional ball, that ball becomes the ‘ball in play’ and you lie three strokes.

Another way of thinking of this is – if you hit your ball out of bounds, you incur a penalty of two strokes.

Note that:

• Boundary objects are not immovable obstructions and free relief from interference by such an object is not available. If a boundary object interferes with your play, you must either play the ball as it lies or take ‘unplayable ball’ relief.
• Under no circumstances are boundary objects to be moved – the penalty for doing so is two strokes.
• Brush fences at the 2^nd and 5^th tees are inside the boundary fence and are ‘immovable obstructions’, from which free relief may be taken.