Grant Park Golf Course Local Rules

Hole #1: OB – Road on left side

Hole #2: Red Penalty Areas – Left side and behind the green; pond on right side

Hole #3: Red Penalty Area – Left side; OB – Road behind the green

Hole #4: Red Penalty Area – Left side and behind the green

Hole #9: Red Penalty Area – Pond on right side

Hole #12: Red Penalty Area – Right side

Hole #15: Red Penalty Area – Woods behind green; OB – Service yard

Hole #16: Red Penalty Area – Left side; OB – Road behind green

Hole #18: OB – Road on left side and wood fence around parking area

Note: When penalty areas are marked by both stakes and lines, the lines take precedence.

Abnormal Course Conditions (Free Relief)

• Bare spots or dead grass in fairway-height or lower cut areas (not divots)
• Immovable obstructions (sprinklers/drains) on line of play near or on the green
  – Ball must be in general area or on the green
  – Obstruction must be within 2 club lengths of both the ball and the green
• Fresh tree stump mounds or holes (relief allowed); older mounds and stumps still in ground do not qualify
• Groundskeeper dumping area between #15 and the service yard

Bunkers

• Washed out areas: If no relief is available within the bunker, player may drop outside the bunker on the line of play with one penalty stroke
• Stones are loose impediments and may be removed
  – If the ball moves while doing so, there’s a penalty and the ball must be replaced

Wrong Putting Greens

If there’s interference from a wrong green, the player must take free relief for lie, stance, and swing.

No Cart Areas

Marked with yellow ropes and may be played as ground under repair – free relief allowed.

No Play Zone

Includes cultivated areas like:

• Flower beds
• Newly planted trees or shrubs

Free relief must be taken no closer to the hole, and you must not stand in or swing through the no-play zone.

Local Rule in Effect for All Events – USGA Model Local Rule E-5 Alternative to Stroke and Distance for Lost Ball or Ball Out of Bounds

Lost Ball or Out of Bounds: When a ball is lost or out of bounds and no provisional ball was played, players may take relief by dropping a ball near the point the ball was lost or exited the course. This option comes with a two-stroke penalty and helps speed up play.

Relief involves estimating:

• The spot where the ball was lost or went out of bounds
• The nearest edge of the fairway not nearer the hole

Then dropping the ball between those two points, no nearer the hole.

Note: This rule does not apply if a provisional ball was already played or the ball is in a penalty area.

Full details here: USGA: Stroke-and-Distance Relief Rule