NATAL NOMADS Golf Club Monthly issue Newsletter Cato Golf Club Volume 2 Issue 11 2019 | Page 26

2019 Rules of Golf Changes
PENALTY AREAS:
Penalty Area is the new name for Water Hazard.
Penalty Areas will still be marked either Yellow or Red.
In a Penalty Area the player can now ground the club lightly behind the ball, move a loose impediment,
take a practice swing and touch the ground or the water.
*NOTE: As was the case previously, the player cannot take relief from Abnormal Course Conditions including
Immovable Obstructions or an Embedded Ball when their ball is in a penalty area.
REPAIRING DAMAGE ON THE PUTTING GREEN:
Damage to a putting green may be repaired.
Damage is described in the Rule and it means any damage caused by a person or outside influence and
includes ball marks, shoe damage (such as spike marks) and scrapes or indentations caused by equipment
or the flagstick. Any repair must be done promptly.
It does not include natural surface imperfections or disease, aeration holes or natural wear to the hole.
The line of play on the putting green may now be touched, including when pointing out a line for putting,
but the line must not be improved beyond what is now permitted when repairing damage, i.e.: the player
may NOT create a pathway or channel to the hole.
2019 / 2020 NATAL NOMADS FIXTURES
Monthly Games
Thursday
Thursday
Thursday
Thursday
Thursday
Thursday
Thursday
SPECIAL EVENTS 17th October 2019
14th November 2019
5th December 2019
16th January 2020
13th February 2020
26th March 2020
23rd April 2020
Royal Durban Golf Club
Cato Ridge Golf Club
Beachwood Country Club
Umhlali Country Club
Athlone Golf Club
Amanzimtoti Golf Club
Mount Edgecombe Country Club
20 th JULY 2019
21 ST JULY 2019
27/29 SEPT 2019
18/20 OCT 2019
1ST NOV 2019
8/13 MARCH 2020 DRAKENSBURG GARDENS CUP
LANGHAM EDWARD TROPHY
SOUTHERN NATAL ANNIVERSARY
SWAZILAND NATIONALS
ANDREW MENTIS GOLF DAY
S.A. NATIONALS
COTSWOLD DOWNS GOLF CLUB
DURBAN COUNTRY CLUB
SELBORNE PARK G.C.
ROYAL SWAZI SPA C.C.
ROYAL DURBAN GOLF CLUB
BORDER/EAST LONDON G.C.