Hotel Accommodations

• The Underrated Golf Tour is pleased to offer you and your parent/guardian a hotel room during your participation in the Underrated Golf Tour.

• You will share a hotel room with your parent/guardian.

• Incidentals are not covered by the Underrated Golf Tour and will be the responsibility of your parent/guardian.

• Your parent/guardian will be responsible for placing their credit card to cover any incidentals.  

• Your conduct matters!  Please adhere to the conduct guidelines listed above in the player’s packet and any hotel policies. 

• Any breach of conduct may result in a further discussion with Underrated Golf Tour. 

• You will be responsible for any damage to the rooms incurred while staying.

• Under no circumstances are players of opposite sex allowed in your room at any time unless accompanied by a chaperone.  Please use the common areas in the lobby for any conversations. 

• Please report any incidents of misbehavior to our staff immediately.  

Tournament Rules

Course markers 

• Please pay attention to ALL course markers.  These course markings will be in your notice to players given each day of the tournament. 

Rakes 

• Please make sure that all rakes are properly place outside of the bunkers.  Players may get relief from the rake. 

Penalty Area Markers

• As provided in the definition of “penalty area”, areas which contain water such as lakes, streams, rivers, or ponds are penalty areas and should be marked as such. The Committee may mark other portions of the course as penalty areas. Among the reasons the Committee may choose to mark other parts or features of the course are:

• To provide an alternative to the stroke-and-distance procedure under Rule 18.1 when the likelihood is that a ball that is in the area will almost always be lost, for example, an area of dense vegetation.

• To provide an alternative to the stroke-and-distance procedure under Rule 19.2 (Unplayable Ball) when the likelihood is that taking relief in relation to the position where the ball lies under the options available in Rules 19.2b and 19.2c will not provide any effective relief, for example, an area of volcanic rock or desert.

• Yellow stakes identify and yellow lines define the edges of yellow penalty areas. Red stakes identify and red lines define red penalty areas. 

• Stakes and lines will be placed that they include in the penalty area not only the water, but also rough banks and unkept growth related directly to it. In general, they will be placed where the ground breaks down to form the depression containing the water (close to the water’s edge for a penalty area). However, if, for example, there is a large bush just outside the natural edge of a red penalty area, the bush be included in the penalty area. Otherwise, a player whose ball entered the penalty area in this area would not have a reasonable spot at which to drop a ball.

• Stakes will be placed 20-30 paces apart to provide a good view of the areas marked as penalty area. 

• The grass in the penalty area will be cut short enough so a distinct line is visible.

• If there is no natural break (i.e., if the area around the penalty area is quite flat), care will be taken to consider any normal overflow due to rain or high tide before setting stakes or lines.

• The line will not hug the water line or be so marked that a player cannot fairly take relief from the penalty area. 

• Stakes will be placed on the line defining the edge of the penalty area or on the course side just outside the penalty area line. 

• The following will be placed at the bottom of the circle facing the green.  “UR DZ” We will not write the yardage to the front in the circle or on the Notice to Players. 

Out of Bounds

• Out of Bounds is defined as ground on which play is prohibited and will be clearly defined. Wooden, two-inch by two-inch stakes painted white, firmly fixed and protruding two or three feet from the ground, will be placed. However, if there is a fence along a boundary, the fence posts will be used to define the boundary.

• Boundary stakes will be continued as far as there is a possibility that a ball may go out. Boundaries are defined by the inside points at ground level of fence posts and stakes.

• Stakes or PVC pipes painted white will mark out of bounds 

No Play Zone

• A part of the course where the UR Tour has prohibited play, a no play zone must be defined as either an abnormal course condition or penalty area.

Some Rules of Thumb with No Play Zones:

• No Play Zones will be identified different (ex. Stake with a green top or blue stake) and will be listed on the Notice to Players. 

• These areas will be identified and give to the players at the Players Meeting or during the Practice Round

• If a no play zone is environmentally protected it will be physically protected to deter players from entering the area (e.g. by a fence, warning signs and the like) and it should be marked in accordance with the recommendations in the Rules of Golf.

• There is no penalty under the Rules of Golf for wrongfully entering a no play zone to retrieve a ball, but a player who may have broken the law in retrieving a ball, may be subject to other disciplinary action. 

Immovable Objects 

• Temporary immovable obstructions (TIOs) are non-permanent artificial objects that are generally erected in conjunction with a competition.

• The Committee will take great care in placing these objects where they have minimal interference with play.  However, because of their temporary nature, special relief procedures are available when a player has interference from a TIO.

Some Rules of Thumb with Temporary Immovable Obstructions:

• Examples of TIOs include scoring tents and everything in it such as table, chairs, stake and rope, etc., scoreboards, grandstands, television towers, lavatories and, if the Committee wishes to treat them as such, fans used to circulate air for agronomic purposes.

• If the artificial object does not serve a functional purpose for the day-to-day operations of the golf course or is near players’ line of play (e.g. air circulation fans) we will be defined as a TIO.

• Dropping Zones will be used as an additional relief option from a TIO if necessary. For ruling purposes, the stake and rope around the UR Tour scoring tents are a part of the TIO and CANNOT be treated as a movable obstruction. Players may not take down any stake and rope to play a shot.