1. All White Stakes, Fenses of any kind are OB-  1 stroke penalty.

If you think that you tee shot is OB hit a provisional ball after everybody had a chance to tee off, but     you have to
call out “hitting a provisional ball”. Then look for your first tee shot (5 minutes max), if you find the first tee shot play it.
If not play your provisional ball hitting 4, after hitting the provisional for the second time you must stay with it. If
you hit OB on any shots after the tee box, you must drop within 1 club length of where you just hit from.

2. Red/Yellow Stakes, Water & Bunkers are Hazards- 1 stroke penalty (if you have to drop)

You can play out of the hazards without a stroke penalty; if you have to drop it’s a 1 stroke penalty.If you are in the
hazards, you may not touch anything in the hazards with your hands (exception: you are searching for the ball) or
your clubs except during your back swings, or remove anything from it.  If you hit the water from the tee box you can
tee it up again or drop from the point of the entry of the water with a 2 club distances ruler or go back as far as you
want using the tee box and the water entry as your line than drop and you can even drop in the fairway if its with in
that line.  And if you hit into the water on any shots after the tee box everything above applies except teeing it.

3. You must play with the same ball until its hole out- 1 stroke penalty

So make sure it’s your ball before you hit it. This means that you can not putt with a different ball on the same hole.

4. You can’t touch your ball after the tee shot until it hit the greens- 1 stroke penalty

If you have to touch your ball to see if its your, you must tell and have your playing partners witness it.

5. Cart paths or any Concretes-

If your ball rest on any part of this, you may drop to the closest grass spot with a one club length no closer to the
hole. So if your ball is on the left side of the cart path you drop it on the left, if it’s on the right side of the cart path you
drop it on the right side.

6. You play it as it lie-

This is some part of the fairways that is bald; you have to play it as it. Unless its grounds under repair.

7. Casual water or mud-

If your ball lies in any part of this you can free drop 1 club length no closer and no penalty.

8. Marking the ball on the green-

You must place a ball-marker directly behind the ball before picking it up.

9. Dropping the ball-

You must drop from shoulder and arm length.

10. All Strokes count-

You must count all strokes, as many as it takes for you to hole out.

11. You must stick with the 5 mins ruler when looking for a ball-

All players please keep an eye on your 4some’s shots to help speed the game.

12.  SEE EMPERIAL RULE
Tournament Club, Course, USGA, & TC's Rules
MADCAO GOLF Rules
Emperial Rule:
TC will have final say on all
matters!
Although there are many rules to golf, the following is a list
common infractions we run into the most.  
Check with TC if you are not sure of certain ones, because it
may benefit you.