How can a putting green be out of bounds?

[cleanstrike]

I played a round at a local 9 hole course (Sparkwell) the other day and one of the local rules written on the score card appears to declare that putting greens are out of bounds. How can that be right? That doesn't make sense to me.

Here's the exact wording ...

"All ground beyond any wall, Devon Bank or hedge surrounding the course, or within the Hotel Garden, on the putting green, and including the flower beds and borders. Over the road on the first and tenth fairway Out of Bounds."

 

[blackpuddinmonster]

Do they have a practice putting green?

 

[rickg]

Does it mean practice putting green.

Edit: beaten to it!

 

[cleanstrike]

They do have a practice putting green but it's some yards behind the first teeing area. The only way you could hit a ball in that direction is to deliberately turn to face away from the fairway and tee off in the opposite direction. I can't figure any reason why someone should want to do that.

 

[HawkeyeMS]

I can't see how that can be interpreted that all greens are out of bounds TBH

 

[davidy233]

It's obviously the practice putting green, as for "The only way you could hit a ball in that direction is to deliberately turn to face away from the fairway and tee off in the opposite direction" - you've obviously never thinned a drive into the ladies tee markers and had the ball go back over your head to end up 50 yards behind the tee?

 

[pbrown7582]

ive seen this type of wording a few times, it just relates to the practice putting green.

 

[duncan mackie]

it would appear to be a case of a poorly worded LR ie they know what they mean, you know what they really mean; but they haven't said what they mean.

 

[CMAC]

it would appear to be a case of a poorly worded LR ie they know what they mean, you know what they really mean; but they haven't said what they mean.

a bit like the lady who went into the haberdashery store and asked "where can I get felt!"