First handicap?

[Lawrence22]

Just noticed someone post in another thread that they were marking a card for someone going for a handicap so they were playing off the whites. Is this what you have to do for a handicap? I have three cards that I have marked up along with my brother in law, but we played off the blues. We haven't handed them in yet for which I am now glad if we should have been off the whites.
I'm learning something new every day. While I'm on the newbie stuff can someone please explain to me the difference between a water hazzard and a lateral water hazzard? Thanks in advance,

Lawrence.

 

[Ethan]

Different clubs have different policies for marking cards for handicap, but normally so long as it is an appropriate tee (say not the red tees if you are a bloke) and there is a valid SSS available, that should suffice.

The difference between a water hazard and a lateral is partly technical. Usually a later water hazard is one which runs alongside the hole rather than across, so is not suitable for dropping behind, and different rules need to be applied. Sometimes a water hazrad changes into a lateral or vice versa, say where a river runs up the side of the hole then turns across it near the green.

The "regular" water hazard is marked with red stakes, the lateral with yellow stakes.

For either hazard, you have the option of replaying the shot that put you in, under penalty, and for a water hazard you drop behind, for a lateral, to the side.

 

[Fyldewhite]

Agree with all that apart from the red/yellow stakes are wrong way round. Lateral are red. Must be too early in the morning Ethan

 

[The_LHC]

The "regular" water hazard is marked with red stakes, the lateral with yellow stakes.

Ummm, no. A Lateral is marked with red stakes, a normal water hazard is and indeed, MUST, be marked with yellow stakes (Rules of Golf, Definitions, Water Hazard, Note 1).

 

[Lawrence22]

Thank you folks.

 

[chrisd]

To be more specific about the lateral water hazard from what Ethan has said, there is a likelihood that the lateral water hazard could be on the outer edge of the course. Therefore, if you take line from where your ball entered the hazard and the flag it's quite possible to be out of bounds for your drop. You cant, of course, drop there, so,other options need to be available and thats one of the reasons why you have different water hazards.



Chris

 

[Ethan]

Agree with all that apart from the red/yellow stakes are wrong way round. Lateral are red. Must be too early in the morning Ethan

Thanks. I have very little experience of actually being in these hazards. I hear they can be a bit of a pain, and some pessimistic players even carry an instrument for removing their ball from them!

Best thing is just to keep out, then you don't have to worry about what to do.

 

[Region3]

On your card, there should be somewhere to mark which tees you played from.
If you don't fill that in they won't know which SSS to apply to your score.

 

[Lawrence22]

On your card, there should be somewhere to mark which tees you played from.
If you don't fill that in they won't know which SSS to apply to your score.

Thanks there is indeed. 68 from the blues and 70 from whites.

 

[full_throttle]

Lawrence, my club has three tees as follows: Red- ladies, Yellow- general play and White- competition only.

Although all three have a SSS only scores from the white are included for handicap puposes,

Hope this helps