LOCAL RULES FOR TRIPLE S SENIORS HOME TOURNAMENTS
Supersedes all previous publications – Revision 7/17/2025
Conditions of Competition
It’s the choice of each player whether to play from the Blue, White, or Red tee markers. Please mark on your
scorecard which tees you played your round from. Indicating which tee box you use is especially important if you are
changing tee boxes from where you previously played.
Red Tee Box Advantage Defined (Holes 10 and 16)
Players choosing to play from the forward red tee boxes are allowed to play from the very front of the red tee box on
holes 10 and 16 regardless of where the red tee markers have been placed by the course that day.
Out of Bounds Defined
In addition to the golf course boundary fence, the boundary fence for the driving range, the greens nursery area in the
maintenance yard north of the 14th green is out of bounds.
Lost Ball and/or Ball Out of Bounds
After searching, for no longer than 3 minutes for a lost ball, or if the ball is out of bounds, the rule directs the player to
drop a replacement ball in the fairway. Players must to the best of their ability determine where their ball went out of
bounds or was lost and create an imaginary perpendicular line into the fairway, no closer to the hole. From there, you
can now drop two club lengths into the fairway within a club length behind the line. The stroke and distance penalty is
2 strokes. If from the tee, the next shot would be the fourth. If you play a provisional ball, this rule is nullified.
Additional Out of Bounds Notes
The area between maintenance yard, snack bar, and cart path behind 14th green is not ground under repair nor is it
out of bounds. The ball must be played as it lies from there.
Lateral Water Hazard on Hole #10
The hazard boundary is defined as the extreme outer periphery of the hazard, be-it rocks, liner, and/or water.
• ON THE INITIAL TEE SHOT: If a player’s ball goes into the hazard (defined as the extreme outer periphery
of the hazard, be-it rocks, liner, and/or water) from the tee side of the water hazard – players must play their
next shot from the drop zone on the fairway side of the lake with a one stroke penalty. Hitting their third shot
from the drop zone.
• ON SUBSEQUENT SHOTS TAKEN FROM THE FAIRWAY SIDE: If a player’s ball goes in the hazard from
the fairway side of the lake – play it as a lateral hazard. (Red Stake Rule) The player can take a drop two
club lengths from the edge of the rocks no closer to the hole with a one stroke penalty of where the ball last
crossed into the penalty area.
Medical Cart Flag
Players using medical condition waiver flags on electric power golf carts are required to keep their cart a minimum of
10 feet from putting greens and tee boxes.
Lift, Clean, and Place
Only when this announced before the start of the tournament by the Home Tournament Chairman, a ball in the
fairway can be marked, picked up, cleaned, and placed up to a club length from its original position no nearer the
hole. No penalty is imposed.
Fire Ants
Players who are faced with fire ants (or a fire ant hill that could be disturbed) are entitled to take a free drop within a
club-length of the nearest point of relief from the danger, no nearer to the hole.
Immovable Obstructions
You are allowed to take non-penalized relief from immovable obstructions (such as a non-boundary fence or sprinkler
control box) if it interferes with your intended stance or swing for the shot. This does not include or allow for any relief
for line-of-site.
Ground Under Repair
Any area roped off by stakes and/or caution tape, all flowerbeds, and the waste/dump area west of the 12th fairway.
These areas allow for a free drop to the point of nearest relief plus one club length. No closer to the hole.
Golf Course Condition Allowance:
A ball resting in the fairway that has stopped in a place of bare dirt or mud can be marked, picked up, cleaned, and
placed on a grass area at the nearest point of relief no nearer the hole. No penalty is imposed.
Drainage Ditches
If water is flowing enough to transport the ball, the ball shall be placed back as near as possible to its point of entry,
as determined by the players in the group. Place the ball laterally from where it entered the ditch, one club length
away from the ditch, no closer to the hole, with no penalty.
Putting Green
If the ball lies in or on an edging groove around a putting green, the player may, without penalty, lift and clean the ball
and place it outside the groove in the nearest relief position, whether on or off the putting green, no nearer the hole.
Embedded Ball
A ball embedded in its own pitch-mark in the ground in any area other than a hazard may be lifted cleaned and
dropped, without penalty, as near as possible to the spot where the ball lays but not closer to the hole.
Bunkers (Part One)
Due to generally poor bunker conditions, the club allows a golfer to lift, rake the immediate area, and then replace the
ball – if the ball is in a foot print or previously disturbed area of the bunker. Also, if the player’s ball in the bunker is
affected by an out-of-normal condition such as a crevice, drainage hole, exposed pipe, or other non-intended
condition the player may take relief within the bunker and move the ball to the closest undamaged spot in the bunker
no nearer to the hole.
Bunkers (Part Two)
Again, due to generally poor bunker conditions, the club now allows a golfer to take relief outside of the bunker with
just a one stroke penalty. The relief must be directly away from the pin – any distance the golfer desires – keeping a
straight line from the pin through the original ball position in the bunker.
Hole #16 (Ice Plant Rule)
This local rule has been suspended.
General Relief from Tree Roots
This local rule has been suspended.
Governing Authority
The Rules Chairman of the Triple S Seniors Golf Club shall be recognized as the governing authority concerning the
establishment of Local Rules, the interpretation of U.S.G.A. Rules and Local Rules. Requests for decisions should be
referred to the club. Decisions made by the Rules Chairman are final.
General Club Policies
1. A $100 prize shall be given to any member who scores a “Hole in One” while playing in a Triple S Seniors event.
2. Range finders or other distance measuring devices that measure or gauge distance may be used in any Triple S
golfing event. Devices that measure gradient (Slope), wind, etc. are only allowed if those functions are turned off.
3. Due to the increasing pressure from the La Mirada Golf Course for the club to supply accurate start sheets for each
Wednesday’s tournament by the prior Sunday, the Triple S Seniors Golf Club must enact rules and penalties
regarding players that do not provide adequate notice that they will not be able to play in our weekly tournaments.
If your name is on the start sheet – you are committed to play unless you contact the club on or before the Saturday
before the round. Notification after Saturday and/or a no-show on Wednesday will result in a penalty being assessed.
The penalty consists of a $10 fine.