Rules

You may hit two drives on #1 OR #10, BUT NOT BOTH. You may choose either the 1st or 2nd drive for your 2nd shot.

Any lost balls or OB shots are treated like lateral hazards (sort of). After consulting with your playing partners, determine a point in the line of flight of the ball and drop with a one-stroke penalty. Do not drop until a playing partner has given the thumbs up for the point you have chosen.

To speed up play, any putts of LESS than 2 feet are gimmees. Your playing partners must be the deciders of the gimmee.

Drop areas are normally available and marked at Boyne for shots requiring a forced carry. If they’re not marked, here is the procedure for certain holes:

• Hills #8… if there is water in the trap adjacent to the green, take a free drop where it entered the trap.

• Hills #13… drop at the tee box at the bottom of the hill beyond the crap.

• Heather #4… drop near the cart path adjacent to the green

• Heather #6… drop near the cart path in the right rear of the green

• Heather #12… drop near the cart path in the left front of the green

• Heather #18… NO DROP AREA… you either tin-cup it or get smart and hit it down the left side. Exception ... if you play the orange tees and drive into the water you get a free drop

• Ross #8...Drop near the cart path on the left front of the green

New rule for 2025 -- Maximum strokes on a hole is net double bogey (per USGA rules). For example, if you don't get strokes on a hole you score a gross double bogey; If you get one stroke you score a gross triple bogey; if you get two strokes you score a gross quad bogey

Round called because of the weather. If some foursomes are unable to finish because of the weather one of two things happens --

• If the last foursome has not finished nine holes the round is considered "no contest" and that day's pool money is reimbursed.

• If the last foursome has finished at least nine holes the round is considered complete with only the completed holes considered in awarding prize money. It gets a little hairy computing final scores because we would have to go hole by hole for handicap purposes so final results may not be immediately available.

We are all getting a little older so the likelihood of someone withdrawing because of injury is real. If a player withdraws there are three scenarios --

• The player does not start (DNS). In this instance, there will be a blind draw to complete the foursome. The player withdrawing is reimbursed for that day's pool money. The pool will be recalculated and the player chosen in the blind draw will share in any winnings. The player that DNS does not share in the pool

• The player starts but finishes fourteen holes. In this instance, the last four holes will be calculated per USGA Rules of Handicapping 3.2

• The player starts but does not finish fourteen holes. In this instance, there will be a blind draw to complete the foursome. The blind draw will be for all eighteen holes. The player withdrawing is reimbursed that day's pool money. The pool will be recalculated and the player chosen in the blind draw will share in any winnings.

A blind draw is required. In this instance, a player is drawn at random (using a random number generator) and the player drawn will share in any winnings.