Penalty areas on a golf course are marked as yellow penalty area or red penalty area with each having different relief options. Today’s article will cover yellow penalty areas. A Yellow Penalty Area, usually a body of water like a lake, pond, or creek, will be marked with yellow stakes or lines. Prior to 2019 we…
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The July edition of SDCWGA County Capers is now available! Head over their website to check out an electronic version of it OR click the download button below for a PDF version of it. As a reminder, as a member of Torrey Pines Women’s Golf club you are part of the Southern California Golf Association…
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Sweeps games are back at TPWGC That’s right ladies, the ‘fun” sweeps games you all love are back for 2021! OK, so many not everyone loves and misses sweeps games but you must admit that the do add a fun twist to our Tuesday rounds at Torrey Pines. Now the that all of us are…
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Model Local Rule E-5: Alternative to Stroke and Distance for Ball Lost or Out of Bounds In this month’s edition of Mary’s Rules Corner we will talk about the Local Rule that we have in effect for TPWGC that covers the alternative to stroke and distance for a lost or out of bounds ball. It…
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The May edition of SDCWGA’s County Capers is now available! Head over their website to check it out. As a reminder, as a member of Torrey Pines Women’s Golf club you are part of the Southern California Golf Association (SCGA). Of of the perks of being an SGCA member is that you are automatically a…
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Ace, Ace, Ace!!! We have our second Hole In One this year! It was a tough day on the south course on Tuesday ( or at least it was for me, LOL ) but the 11th hole was no match for Donna Evans. Donna managed to get the little white ball to go in the…
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Welcome to this month’s edition of Mary’s Rule Corner where we will be discussing loose impediments. Wait, what? Why do I need to know about those? Because, in 2019, there were MANY changes to the Rules of Golf. One of those changes was a lot of relaxing around how Loose Impediments are treated. First, what…
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Ladies ,I want to say thank you for your patience and congratulate you all on your adaptation to our new Golf Genius software. The past three months has had its challenges with scoring and tee time sign ups , but it’s all working out fabulously. Keep helping out your playing partners who are not so…
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Your TPWGC membership comes with SCGA member benefits. Whether you are a new member to the club or an an old a more established member, you might not be aware of all SCGA member benefits that we are entitled to as members of Torrey Pines Women’s Gol Club. You probably know that our USGA/GHIN handicap…
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Hello TPWGC! Welcome to our new monthly series: Mary’s Rules Corner. Quick introduction here….I am Mary Shepperd, your new Rules Director and look forward to helping you out with the Rules of Golf! ! I have over 15 years of experience volunteering as a Rules Official in both Northern and Southern CA, and have worked…
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