Internal OOB

[rulefan]

Of the five UK courses you play most frequently, how many have internal out of bounds?

 

[fundy]

One, on one tee shot only

 

[IanM]

Lansdown has loads! (although i am not there that often, Bowood, North Wilts, off the top of my head

 

[sunshine]

My course has internal OOB on one hole on one side, to stop people driving on to the adjacent hole and cutting the corner of the dogleg. Poor design if I'm honest, it wasn't how the hole was originally designed, but it is a cracking hole.

 

[Imurg]

One, and as usual it's on a dogleg. There's a public road and the out of sight next tee inside the dogleg, no question that it is correct to have it.

It might be correct to have it to stop people deliberately aiming there but, like all internal OB, it won't stop the ball going there accidentally.
My first club had internal OB on one hole specifically to protect people on the next hole which played back towards the tee.
It was a dog leg hole and although going straight would leave a shorter shot ( if the OB wasn't there) it was a much more difficult shot as you had some highish trees to come over.
So the OB was really only there to protect other players...but it didn't stop the many slices that went over there so it didnt give them any real protection at all.
Not a great fan of internal OB....more often than not it's a product of poor design.

 

[jim8flog]

We used to but once I got involved with the local rules I managed to get them removed. The trees we planted had for many years grown to a height to make the internal OOBs no longer necessary.

I only know of one other course and odd thing happened there . New course with quite a few questionable Local Rules. On one hole they had an a area of internal OB adjoining, immediately before a pond and a ditch with red stakes.* Last time I played there even the pond is now OB.

Did have a bit of a ' discussion' with my opponent. I asked him on the tee if he was going to hit a provisional after seeing ball go OB. When we got where he had hit to he had a look around around then proceeded to drop another ball just outside the red stakes.............

 

[IanG]

None

 

[rulie]

Many courses have "internal OOB" for maintenance areas, car parks and clubhouses. These should be included in this survey.
Personally, I've implemented "internal OOB" in national championships for such items as player safety, protecting the design of the hole, driving/practice ranges, clubhouse areas, maintenance areas etc.

 

[sunshine]

The 1st at Hoylake springs to mind. Poor design again IMO

 

[chrisd]

We have one that runs alongside a practice area. It's gone to and from being oob over the years, given that you'd not hit there deliberately, but a former pro persuaded the committee to make it oob. I had voted against doing so when on the golf committee and I played in the Captain Pro 4bbb soon after he changed it and said I disagreed with the change as we were walking to the tee. He hit a lovely draw off the tee 20 yards oob ?? I said that I bet the white stakes will be gone tomorrow which he (leaving out the obscenities) said they wont. We played him in the same comp 12 months later and he did exactly the same thing ??

 

[Bunkermagnet]

We have one dividing one hole from the range. It doesn't stop those who can't obey signs or hit it straight from hitting it from the range tees onto that one adjacent fairway you are one though....

 

[Slime]

On my course there are two.
Left off the 4th tee and right off the 11th tee.

 

[Deleted member 3432]

My old club introduced an internal oob on the right off the tee on the 13th hole to protect a practice ground. Unfortunately there was oob very tight left off the tee and the hole became Mickey Mouse. It was already statistically the most difficult hole on the course.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

One-ish - Hindhead. And on my couple of visits over the last few years (which puts it in my top 5 most regularly played ) Billy's Place...

 

[DickInShorts]

my first club in Berkshire had one to protect an advantage on a dogleg .

My old club in Dorset had one to guard against cutting a dogleg.

My old cousin in Aberdeenshire had one to stop big hitters getting a better line into the green rom a blind tee shot to an adjacent fairway . This has since been removed.

They were all on par 5s

 

[Val]

Club I just left has one

 

[rulefan]

Many thanks to all

 

[backwoodsman]

Of the five UK courses you play most frequently, how many have internal out of bounds?

Depends on what you count as "internal OOB"? Are you refering to ground that is OOB during the play of one hole only, but would be in play if playing another hole?

(I think Rulie at post #10 is trying to include ground that would simply not be part of the course during play of any hole?)

 

[clubchamp98]

Two both par five slight dog legs.

 

[rulie]

Depends on what you count as "internal OOB"? Are you refering to ground that is OOB during the play of one hole only, but would be in play if playing another hole?

(I think Rulie at post #10 is trying to include ground that would simply not be part of the course during play of any hole?)

rulefan was not very specific in his original post, merely asked about "internal out of bounds"; didn't specify "internal" to what