Local Golf Rules At Singing Hills

Singing Hills Local Rules

(revised 8/7/26)

Singing Hills endorses proper player conduct.

• Make SAFETY your main priority
• Play fast/READY GOLF
• Repair extra divots AND ball marks
• Park golf cars at least 30 feet from the greens and observe cart traffic control “pegs”

Abnormal Course Conditions (Rule 16): 

• At the entrance to the bridges on #3 Oak and #8 Willow, the triangular decorative rock/bark areas on either side of the cart path are Immovable Obstructions. Free relief.
• Also, #13 Oak left of the green; the dirt, boulders and rock drainage/overflow area is Ground Under Repair and/or an Immovable Obstruction. Free relief.
• All roads and paths, even if not artificially-surfaced, are Immovable Obstructions; F-17.
• Sprinkler heads: Line of Play relief is available when sprinkler heads are within two-club lengths of the Putting Green and within two-club lengths of the ball; Rule 16.1, F-5.
• Tree wells: man-made mounds and hollowed out depressions that will hold water for irrigation purposes, are Immovable Obstructions. Free relief may be taken; Rule 16.1, F-1.
• Flower beds, including mulch areas with decorative plantings, are to be treated as Ground Under Repair. Free relief may be taken per rule 16.1f.
• Exposed tree roots interfering with the lie of the ball, stance, and/or area of intended swing (only in the General Area; not in bunkers or Penalty Areas) are treated as Ground Under Repair and a player may take free relief under Rule 16.1b, F-9.
• Areas that are mowed to fairway height or less where dark brown “topper” (finely ground mulch) or sand’s been spread are Ground Under Repair; free relief.
• In the turf reduction areas, mounds of mulch which have not been spread are Ground Under Repair; free relief.
• Bunkers that are undergoing any sort of out of the ordinary/special maintenance or repair, are Ground Under Repair (defined by the bunker’s edge); free relief.

Aeration holes: If a player’s ball lies in or touches an aeration hole, free relief is available. In the General Area; Rule 16.1b drop (like Ground under Repair), and on the Putting Green: Rule 16.1d place upon the nearest point of complete relief.

Alternative to Stroke and Distance: When a player’s ball is Out of Bounds or Lost in the General Area, the player may, for two penalty strokes, take relief by dropping a ball in the relief area (see Rule 14.3); E-5.

• Ball Reference Point: The point where the original ball is estimated to have come to rest on the course, or last crossed the edge of the course boundary.
• Fairway Reference Point: The point of the fairway of the hole being played that is nearest to the ball reference point, but is not nearer the hole.

Bare Dirt Areas: Bare dirt areas, that are NOT cart paths or roads, are part of the General Area; ball played as it lies. For example, Oak holes 11, 12, 13 and 16. Willow holes 3, 5, 12, 13, and 14.

Drop Zones: If a ball is in the Penalty Area on Oak Glen #4 or #5, Willow Glen #4, #6, #9 or #12, the player may take relief under Rule 17.1 or drop a ball in the Drop Zone (white circle).

Embedded Ball: Relief is allowed under Rule 16.3b only in the General Area cut to fairway height or less.

Fans on Willow #2: are considered Temporary Immovable Obstructions (TIO) and players are entitled to relief if the TIO interferes with the lie, stance, or swing OR intervenes directly on his or her line of play. Players may take relief under Rule 16.1; F-23.

Oak Glen #12: The temporary construction fence on the left is a Boundary Object (OB); no free relief.

• The rectangular stand at the bottom of each set of support poles is an Immovable Obstruction; free relief.

Oak Glen OB:

• The cart barn/maintenance building and rain gutter.
• Beyond the wall or curbing of #1 and #10 tees, #9 and #18 greens.

Penalty Areas: The edges of lakes are defined by the course side edge of the concrete wall or decorative rock wall. The walls are in the Penalty Area; no relief. Also, the riverbed Penalty Areas are defined by the line between the course side edge of the stakes at ground level, and the stakes are in the Penalty Area.

Power lines and poles: If a player’s ball hits a power line, tower, wire or pole supporting a power line during play, the stroke does not count. The player MUST play a ball without penalty from where the previous stroke was made; E-11.

Putting ONLY: Chipping is prohibited anywhere on the putting greens. This includes the shared green on Oak #2 and #16.

Trees supported by stakes/wires: are No Play Zones: the player must take relief per Rule 16.1f. Note: Tree wells (below).

Willow Glen OB:

• Maintenance area left of #2 fairway and continues (white staked) up to double white stakes near the green/telephone pole. 
• During play of hole #5 Willow Glen, the 10^th hole left of the lake (defined by white stakes) and, beyond that, a ball on or left of the cart path (down to the double white circular markings) is OUT OF BOUNDS. You can draw an imaginary line from the “end” markings over to the north edge pump “house” on #16 as an aid in determining if a ball is in or out of bounds.

Pine Glen Local Rules

• All cart paths and dirt roads are Immovable Obstructions. Free relief no nearer the hole.
• Riverbed black fence posts marked “OB” define Out of Bounds.
• Hole #4 Left, any ball on the road is Out of Bounds.
• Planted beds are Ground Under Repair. Free relief no nearer the hole.
• Hole #9 Left of cart path is Out of Bounds and is a No Play Zone: Do not enter.