Red Penalty Areas
In July we talked in depth about Yellow Penalty Areas, this month we’re going to look at relief options from Red Penalty Areas
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Care of the course: Bunkers
Mary’s Rules Corner Special Edition: Care of the course- smoothing bunkers Golf courses pulled the rakes from bunkers as part safety measures during the COVID19 pandemic. As a result, the USGA allowed club/courses to apply special local rules giving players free relief from “disturbed” areas of bunkers since players were not able to rake bunkers.…
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Yellow Penalty Areas
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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SDCWGA County Capers
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
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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Local Rule: Stroke and Distance
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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San Diego County Women’s Golf Association
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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Hole in One Alert!
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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Let’s talk about Loose Impediments!
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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April 2021 President’s Message
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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