This message came from the golf club yesterday:
Due to the ever growing presence of black-tailed deer at Uplands and to promote equity among players, a new Local Rule has been made in consultation with the Men’s Handicap Committee which will come into effect immediately. This Local Rule will remain in effect indefinitely.
LOCAL RULE – Deer Damage in Bunkers
If a ball has come to rest in or on damage within a bunker where it is known or virtually certain that the damage was caused by a deer, the damage is deemed to be Ground Under Repair even though not marked as such and relief is provided under Rule 25-1bii. The player must proceed with one of the following options:
1. Play the ball as it lies; or
2. Lift, clean and drop the ball in the bunker, without penalty,
within one club-length of the nearest point of relief not nearer the
hole; or
3. Under penalty of one stroke, lift clean and drop outside the bunker,
keeping the point where the ball lay directly between the hole and the
spot on which the ball is dropped, with no limit to how far behind the
bunker the ball may be dropped.
DON WOODLAND
MEN’S CAPTAIN
