Internal OOB

[cliveb]

I've been told that internal OOB isn't permitted in pro tournaments.
Can anyone confirm that, or was someone just winding me up?
If it's true, what's the rationale?

 

[Foxholer]

I've been told that internal OOB isn't permitted in pro tournaments.
Can anyone confirm that, or was someone just winding me up?
If it's true, what's the rationale?

Not true!

Though they are occasionally 'worked around' when the reason for their existence is eliminated - e.g. Practice Range (IOB normally) is moved.

 

[rulie]

Absolutely not true; occurs periodically for very good reasons, such as at Hoylake. Also for clubhouse and maintenance areas. In the PGA's Canadian Open at Glen Abbey, the maintenance area between 16 and 17 is always out of bounds.

 

[cliveb]

Ok thanks for the clarification. Just to make my question clear, I was referring to places that are OOB when playing one hole but in bounds when playing another (eg. an adjacent fairway), not maintenance areas.

 

[Swango1980]

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

My course has one internal out of bounds. It is a 440 yard dogleg left. Out of bounds in necessary, otherwise the easiest way to play the hole would be directly across the 8th fairway / tee box.

 

[Robster59]

We've no internal OOB at our course. Mind you I had to mentally walk the course just to double-check.

 

[rulefan]

Thanks all.
Apart from maintenance, practice etc areas, it seems that safety on doglegs is the dominant theme.

Have these OBs always been OBs on the relevant course or is safety more of a consideration than years ago?
If the latter, how much has potential litigation been a factor?

 

[rulie]

Thanks all.
Apart from maintenance, practice etc areas, it seems that safety on doglegs is the dominant theme.

Have these OBs always been OBs on the relevant course or is safety more of a consideration than years ago?
If the latter, how much has potential litigation been a factor?

I'd rather say it as the course operator taking appropriate actions to ensure the safety of their customers.

 

[rulefan]

I'd rather say it as the course operator taking appropriate actions to ensure the safety of their customers.

I'm sure that is the case

 

[jim8flog]

Ours (which has now been removed) was done about two years after the course opened and was done on the grounds of safety. The point on the adjoining fairway to where players were driving to was also the point at which players would come round the corner of the dogleg on that hole.

On the other course it was there when I first joined but clearly done originally for safety. No one does it deliberately now (additional trees have also blocked the shot from that fairway to the green) but a really bad high slice can still end up on the opposing fairway.

 

[Colin L]

As a safety matter we changed the status of a very steep sided gully which attracted a goodly number of balls from the 6th tee from a water hazard to out of bounds some years ago. It is also in play on the 3rd and 13th. But that was a question of player safety as it was really very risky to go down to look for your ball in the hope of being able to play it. The OOB is also marked up with a club prohibition on members going into the gully.