Leaders after this week are: Steiner/Bowman in the Lansing East Division, Christopher/Bishop in the Lansing Central division, Munson/Munson in the Lansing West division, Miller/Scott in the World East division, Bell/Bergman in the World Central division and Mosher/Teeter and Fox/Fox in the World West division.

A quick refresher for everyone on the drop rules for various penalty areas. The penalty areas are defined by straight lines between the stakes or by lines painted on the ground and extend straight upwards into the sky (the stakes and the lines themselves are inside the penalty area). With our league rule where we can move a ball one club length, you effectively get one extra club length to move your ball for any rule below (again no closer to the hole and you cannot change the cut of grass that you move to). Also you do not really have to officially drop the ball when taking penalty relief since we can move the ball an additional club length.

For out-of-bounds (white stakes), you may re-hit your ball from the same spot you just hit from and take one penalty stroke. You may also drop the ball anywhere between the spot the ball went out of bounds and two club lengths within the fairway at the fairway spot closest to where the ball went out and take TWO penalty strokes. Yes, you can actually drop your ball in the fairway using this rule. Your ball is considered in bounds if any part of the ball is inside the line. If there is any question, check with your opponents.

For water hazards (yellow stakes), you may re-hit your ball from the same spot you just hit from or you may take back-on-the-line relief which is a line that extends back from the point at which your ball entered the penalty area and keeps the pin between you and that spot (there is no such thing as line-of-flight relief). You may drop within one club length of this line no closer to the hole and take one penalty stroke. So if you go into the pond on #15, the line would go back towards #14 fairway, not #15 tee. Since you get one club length, you can choose to drop one club length no closer to the hole from the spot where it went in. This also applies to balls that cross a water hazard and then fall back in (#2 and #9 for example). You can drop on the far side, but cannot drop closer to the hole than the spot it crossed back into the hazard. Your ball is considered inside the penalty area if any part of the ball is on the line - again check with your opponents if there is any question.

For lateral water hazards, you have the same two options as yellow hazards, but you can also drop two club lengths no closer to the hole from the spot it went into the hazard (so effectively one extra club length than a yellow hazard) and take one penalty stroke.

Week #4 honors go to the following individuals:

Low gross:Lansing Conference - 35 - Doug Boles
World Conference - 37 - Tom Sullivan

Low net:Lansing Conference - 29 - Al Christopher
World Conference - 33 - Alex Bergman/Martin Nemeth

Skins: Doug Boles on #18 (eagle) - shout out to Les Richmond who had an eagle on #10, but doesn't get in the skins games

CTTP: Jim Myers - 21' 3"

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