Rule x 219 Definitions General Area The area of the course that covers all of the course except for the other four defined areas: (1) the teeing area the player must play from in starting the hole they are playing, (2) all penalty areas, (3) all bunkers, and (4) the putting green of the hole the player is playing. The general area includes: • All teeing locations on the course other than the teeing area, and • All wrong greens. General Penalty Loss of hole in match play or two penalty strokes in stroke play. Ground Under Repair Any part of the course the Committee defines to be ground under repair (whether by marking it or otherwise). Any defined ground under repair includes both: • All ground inside the edge of the defined area, and • Any grass, bush, tree or other growing or attached natural object rooted in the defined area, including any part of those objects that extends up above the ground outside the edge of the defined area (but not when such object is attached to or below the ground outside the edge of the defined area, such as a tree root that is part of a tree rooted inside the edge). Ground under repair also includes the following things, even if the Committee does not define them as such: • Any hole made by the Committee or the maintenance staff in: » Setting up the course (such as a hole where a stake has been removed or the hole on a double green being used for the play of another hole), or » Maintaining the course (such as a hole made in removing turf or a tree stump or laying pipelines, but not including aeration holes). • Grass cuttings, leaves and any other material piled for later removal. But: » Any natural materials that are piled for removal are also loose impediments, and » Any materials left on the course that are not intended to be removed are not ground under repair unless the Committee has defined them as such. • Any animal habitat (such as a bird’s nest) that is so near a player’s ball that the player’s stroke or stance might damage it, except when the habitat has been made by animals that are defined as loose impediments (such as worms or insects).
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