H5 Playing Rules

Rules of Play for the High Five Golf Club are governed by the USGA.   www.usga.org

See USGA Rules Highlights below.   Have a Rules Question?  Send it to Robert Perez.

​Do you know what an Integral Object is?

The USGA defines an immovable obstruction as any obstruction that:

• Cannot be moved without unreasonable effort or without damaging the obstruction or the course, and
• Otherwise does not meet the definition of a movable obstruction.

​Concrete cart paths are a common example of an immovable obstruction. Under Rule 16 you are entitled to free relief from an immovable obstruction if your ball, stance or area of intended swing is affected by the immovable obstruction.

Integral objects, however, are different. They are artificial objects defined by the Committee as part of the challenge of playing the course, and from which free relief is not allowed.

A good example at Los Lagos are the wooden planks on 14, part of the barrier wall of pond.

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Abnormal Ground Conditions

When Relief Is Allowed?
Interference exists when any one of these is true:

• Your ball touches or is in or on an abnormal course condition,
• ​An abnormal course condition physically interferes with your area of intended stance or area of intended swing, or
• Only when your ball is on the putting green, an abnormal course condition on or off the putting greenintervenes on your line of play.

There is no free relief from an abnormal course condition when the abnormal course condition is out of bounds or your ball is in a penalty area.

Direct Link to USGA Rule 16.  

​Nearest Point of Complete Relief

Definition: Your reference point for taking free relief from an abnormal course condition (Rule 16.1), dangerous animal condition (Rule 16.2), wrong green (Rule 13.1f) or no play zone (Rules 16.1f and 17.1e), or in taking relief under certain Local Rules.

2019 Rule Changes...

The Asian Tour has put together a great video demonstrating the 2019 changes to the rules. ​

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