Teeing ground

[Rlburnside]

I assume ( maybe wrongly) that the SSS of a course is measured from the back of the teeing ground and would like to know the if there is any ruling on where you can place the white markers on a teeing ground when playing a competition without affecting the SSS,I know you can alter the length of a course of up to 100 yards without affecting the SSS but does this in anyway apply when placing tee markers on the teeing ground.

If a committee wanted to place all the tee markers close to the front of the teeing ground on wholes that are playing into a strong wind and this covered more than 100 yards would this be permissible?

 

[Twire]

The SSS is measured from the 'Posts or Stones, plate or another marker' on the teeing ground. You can often find 3 -4 sets of tees (whites, yellows, reds etc) on the same teeing ground and these will more than likely have a different SSS. So no, it's not measured from the back of the teeing ground. Tee markers will need to be put out close enough to the relevant stone, post etc so the combination of 18 holes does not exceed 100 yards.

 

[Rlburnside]

The SSS is measured from the 'Posts or Stones, plate or another marker' on the teeing ground. You can often find 3 -4 sets of tees (whites, yellows, reds etc) on the same teeing ground and these will more than likely have a different SSS. So no, it's not measured from the back of the teeing ground. Tee markers will need to be put out close enough to the relevant stone, post etc so the combination of 18 holes does not exceed 100 yards.

Ok thanks for your reply

 

[rulefan]

The "Teeing Ground" is the starting place for the hole to be played. It is a rectangular area two club-lengths in depth, the front and the sides of which are defined by the outside limits of two tee-markers. A ball is outside the teeing ground when all of it lies outside the Teeing Ground.

This definition applies until the end of 2018 when the area will be renamed the Teeing Area and redefined as: a rectangle that is two club-lengths deep where:
The front edge is defined by the line between the forward-most points of two tee-markers set by the Committee, and
The side edges are defined by the lines back from the outside points of the tee-markers.

The piece of ground you are talking about hasn't got an 'official' name but is often called the tee box or simply the tee. A tee box may have more than one teeing area and teeing areas may be moved around as the committee/greenkeepers decide.

Each course (ie tee colour. red yellow white etc) has a permanent marker (the Distance Point) which is used for the official length measurement of that hole from those tees. The Distance Point must have at least 4 yards of clear ground behind. The Teeing Area itself may be placed a short distance in front of or behind the distance point but the cumulative differences may not exceed 100 yards.

There used to be a convention or rule which said the tee markers should/must not be placed more than 10 yards from the distance points but that is no longer mentioned.

 

[jim8flog]

There used to be a convention or rule which said the tee markers should/must not be placed more than 10 yards from the distance points but that is no longer mentioned.

The 10 yard rule is a CONGU one and not an R&A one and is still in the current CONGU manual


Competition Tee


A Competition Tee is the teeing ground, as defined in the Rules of Golf, the front of which should normally be placed no more than 10 yards (9 metres) in front of, or behind, the relevant Distance Point. See also Decision 7(a).


Note: Special Rules apply when the length of a Measured Course has been temporarily reduced or increased - see Clause 13.

 

[rulefan]

The 10 yard rule is a CONGU one and not an R&A one and is still in the current CONGU manual

I searched my manual for that and obviously missed it. Didn't look in definitions