-- Rules that only apply to Kokopelli

Bunkers
If your ball lands in a footprint, our club is allowing a free drop, inside the bunker, no closer to the green. Greenside bunkers are to be played out of normally or take penalty strokes to drop out of the greenside bunkers.

Hole 11, par 3 Out of Bounds Rule
There are no longer any OB markers on the right hand side of that cart path. The markers are not going to be replaced as it speeds up play for all the golfers at Kokopelli to have them play it as it is if it is not in the ditch.
So, play the ball as it lies, if not in the ditch. If in the ditch take unplayable and place ball on cart side of the ditch. An unplayable may have to be taken depending on where the ball winds up, such as in the bushes.

-- Rules that Kokopelli Ladies League has adopted and other clubs might have voted it in at the AWGA/AGA suggestion to speed up play.

Out of Bounds
Click on this link to get a great explanation of this rule by th USGA
Out of Bounds Ruling
For 2 penalty strokes, guess where the ball went out of bounds, drop the ball on the fairway not nearer the hole and you do not have to go back and hit from where you did before … make sure you watch the video link above to explain this rule.

-- Rule for Posting Scores

1. You are out of the 29 putt club if you pick up and do not finish.

2. You might or might not be out of the play of the day.
Drop out on an odd hole and pod is even hole, you are still in pod
Drop any hole on back or front nine and pod is the opposite front or back and you are still in pod
Pod is overall putts, you are out of pod

But you must post your score as per rules below for posting scores

Always post your score

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Here is how to figure out what score to write down for the hole/holes you did not play.

You take the score of the hole plus your handicap strokes.

If you are an 18 handicap then you add 1 stroke to any hole's par that you picked up your ball or did not play that hole. If you are a 36 handicap then you add 2 strokes to any hole's par. If you fall between the numbers then you look at the hole difficulty and if you were a 19 handicap and picked up on hole 8, that is the #1 hole difficulty at Kokopelli so you have to add 2 to that hole's par.

So you need to look at the scorecard and there is a column labeled "Yardage - Handicap" and this tells you the difficulty rating of all 18 holes. Our hardest hole is #8 followed by #15, then the third hardest is #1, and the fourth hardest is #18 but you can figure out how many strokes to add to the hole's par using this method. Just ask me if you have any questions.

ALWAYS POST your score on the hole by hole method on the blue USGA GHIN app as it automatically corrects your score if you go over what you are allowed (which is double bogey plus handicap)

ALWAYS HAVE the red USGA RULES OF GOLF app on your phone to look up rules quickly but play 2 balls and ask when you get in if no-one knows the ruling.

YOU ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE FUN while playing golf no matter what you shoot.

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Fairway stakes and painting on the sidewalk: Blue 200 Yards; White 150 Yards; Red 100 Yards

We also have information on our Etiquette page with some rules that apply to the Ladies League.

All water is lateral water. Rule 26-1 c = The player may under penalty of one stroke, drop a ball outside the water hazard with in two club-lengths of and not nearer the hole than the point where the original ball last crossed the margin of the water hazard or a point on the opposite margin of the water hazard equidistant from the hole.

Mud or water areas are a free drop. Trees that are staked are a free drop. Out of bounds are defined by boundary walls, fences, and white stakes.

RESTROOMS are located after Hole 15 and in front of the 5th tee box on the right.

Hole 10 - the driving range is OB on the right side and may or may not have white stakes. ON HOLE 10, the Out of Bounds area by the driving range area might be marked by some white paint and stakes.

Hole 18 - out of bounds on the right is the street.

Hole 9 - OB on the right side and might have white stakes. The range balls are yellow and hole 9 has put up a new large screen to prevent range balls from hitting you.

The AWGA and the USGA recommends that all clubs adopt this new rule as they have in their tournaments. It will be a benefit to the players. You can see the video explanation at this website:
http://www.usga.org/rules-hub/2017-local-rule/2017-local-rule-resources.html
ACCIDENTAL MOVEMENT OF BALL ON PUTTING GREEN
"Rules 18-2, 18-3 and 20-1 are modified as follows:
When a player's ball lies on the putting green, there is no penalty if the ball or ball-marker is accidentally moved by the player, his partner, his opponent, or any of their caddies or equipment.
The moved ball or ball-marker must be replaced as provided in Rules 18-2, 18-3 and 20-1.
This Local Rule applies only when the player's ball or ball-marker lies on the putting green and any movement is accidental.
Note: If it is determined that a player's ball on the putting green was moved as a result of wind, water or some other natural cause such as the effects of gravity, the ball must be played as it lies from its new location. A ball-marker moved in such circumstances is replaced."
Added: November 2017

Kokopelli Local Rules added 11/15/2017 and 1/31/2018
----- Your executive board has approved and put into immediate affect these local rules. They will help in the pace of play.
They will be for our Kokopelli Ladies League on Tuesday Play only.

----- " Relaxed putting green rules: There will be no penalty if a ball played from the putting green hits an unattended flagstick in the hole; players may putt without having the flagstick attended or removed. Players may repair spike marks and other damage made by shoes, animal damage and other damage on the putting green and there is no penalty for merely touching the line of putt.

----- " Relaxed bunker rules: There will be no penalty for moving loose impediments in a bunker or for generally touching the sand with a hand or club. A limited set of restrictions (such as not grounding the club right next to the ball) is kept to preserve the challenge of playing from the sand; however, an extra relief option is added for an unplayable ball in a bunker, allowing the ball to be played from outside the bunker with a two-stroke penalty. This is if no casual water in the bunker. ....

If water in the bunker, it is best described in this video .... https://www.thoughtco.com/bunker-filled-with-water-1561342 --added 1/31/2018 USGA Rule 25-1(b). If casual water in the bunker one-stroke penalty to take ball out of bunker. No penalty to move to dry spot in bunker.

---- " Simplified way of taking relief: A new procedure for taking relief by dropping a ball in and playing it from a specific relief area; relaxed procedures for dropping a ball, allowing the ball to be dropped from just above the ground or any growing thing or other object on the ground. click this link then Scroll down on this webpage and watch the video on dropping your ball:
http://www.usga.org/rules-hub/rulesarticles/spring-newsletter/taking-relief.html