Game Rules

Golf is a sport in which etiquette is of paramount importance. Conformity to Club rules and regulations is required so that members and guests may get maximum enjoyment from the time they spend on the course. The responsibility of all golfers begins on the first tee and continues all during play. Consideration for others is the most important rule of golf. The conduct, language and habits of members and their guests should be tempered with reasonableness and respect for fellow members and employees.

1. All golfers must register themselves and their guests in the Pro Shop before each round of play.
2. U.S.G.A. Rules of Golf will govern all play unless modified by local rules.
3. From Memorial Day through Labor Day all golfers must play as a threesome or foursome on Saturdays, Sundays, and Holidays from 8:30 A.M. to 2:30 P.M. The Board authorizes the Golf Professional the right to use discretion based on play to reconstitute groups as threesomes or foursomes during these periods. Children under the age of 14 are not allowed to play between the times stipulated above unless prior arrangements are made with the Golf Professional.
4. Players should play at a pace which enables them to keep up with the group in front. If they lose the distance of one clear hole, proper golf etiquette requires that they invite the group behind to play through, regardless of the number of players in that group. Having allowed the group behind to play through, they should not continue play until that group has passed and is out of range.
5. Players continuing to the 10th tee from the 9th green have priority over those starting players on the 1st tee. During particularly busy periods, starting groups will alternate in with turning groups as directed by the Golf Professional.
6. Players stopping for refreshments after nine holes must surrender their position to oncoming or starting players and will resume their position when a sufficient opening occurs.
7. Players are expected to rake bunkers, to replace divots or fill divot marks with seed mix, and to fix ball marks on the greens.
8. No practicing is permitted from fairways, tees or bunkers. Pitching and putting practice on regular greens is prohibited.

9. All members and guests, when renting golf carts, agree by accepting same, to exercise good judgment and reasonable care in the operation of the vehicle, to follow all cart signs, and to abide by the rules of the Club governing their use. Any member or guest renting a golf cart agrees to return cart in same condition as received and to reimburse the Club for any damage. Each member or guest renting a golf cart agrees, thereby, to indemnify and hold harmless the Club from any and all damages, judgments, court costs, attorney's fees and other expenses incidental to and incurred by the Club, arising from the rental, use or operation of any cart by such member or guest. Children under the age of 15 shall not be permitted to operate carts.
10. The use of the golf course and range by guests shall be governed by rules approved by the Board of Directors and printed in the published Quaker Hill Country Club, Inc. Rules and By-Laws.
11. Senior Golfing Members may not participate in tournaments except for Club championship tournaments. Weekend (Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays) play is not allowed for Senior Golfing Members except as a Guest under Guest Rules or for Club championship tournaments or for Sunday Mixed Golf Events.
12. The course is closed for maintenance until 1:00 P.M. on Mondays except for senior men. Tuesdays until 1:00 P.M. the course is reserved for women. Tuesday evenings from 5:30 P.M. until 7:30 P.M. the course is reserved for the Tuesday evening men’s league. Please refer to the Club calendar for dates of play of tournaments when the course (including the golf range and practice green) is closed to non-participants. Additionally, all Club matches and tournaments (when the course is not closed) have priority on the course. Exceptions are at the discretion of the Golf Professional.
13. If a ball is in or lost in the water hazard during the play of holes 9 or 18, the player must proceed to the ball-drop area in front of the women’s 9th tee, drop a ball in accordance with the rules, and continue play of the hole from there under penalty of one stroke.
14. The practice range must be used safely. Shots of more than 150 yards are prohibited. No shots should be hit when golfers are in range on the 1st or 8th holes.
15. All posted instructions on the first tee, in golf carts, and on the course must be obeyed.