SECTION 3 — DEFINITIONS BOGEY PLAYER
Defined and described in Section 4.
COURSE RATING
A Bogey Rating represents the scoring difficulty of a course for the bogey player. It is expressed as strokes taken to one decimal place.
Course Rating is defined as the WHS mark that indicates the evaluation of the playing difficulty of a course for scratch players under normal course and weather conditions. It is expressed as strokes taken to one decimal place, and is based on length and other obstacles to the extent that they affect the scoring difficulty of the scratch player.
BOGEY LENGTH RATING
CROSSING OBSTACLES
BOGEY RATING
A Bogey Length Rating is the evaluation of the playing difficulty of a course for the bogey player based only on length.
CARRY SAFELY
In order to carry an obstacle safely, a shot must be able to clear the obstacle by at least 10 yards. When recording a carry distance over an obstacle, the 10 yards should be added to the length of carry. If a player cannot carry an obstacle by 10 yards, it may result in a forced lay up or an alternative line of play.
CHUTE
A chute occurs when trees are positioned such that they can intervene on the flight path of a shot, and the ball must be hit through a narrow opening. Chutes are rated based on the width of the opening between the extending branches of the trees and how far that opening is from the teeing ground area.
CLOSELY BORDERING
An obstacle or condition is considered closely bordering a landing zone or green if it is within 10 yards in any direction of the outside perimeter of a landing zone or edge of the green.
Crossing obstacles consist of penalty areas, extreme rough (including desert) and out of bounds when they must be carried to play the hole.
DESERT
Desert is extreme rough that contains vegetation (brush, cacti, bushes, etc.) with thorns, needles, or similar. Desert is rated as extreme rough or as a penalty area if so designated.
EFFECTIVE PLAYING LENGTH
Effective playing length of a course is the measured length for all holes making up a rating corrected for roll, changes in elevation, forced lay ups and doglegs, wind, and altitude above sea level.
EXTREME ROUGH
Extreme rough is cool season rough grass in excess of 6 inches in length {4 inches warm season}[5 inches {3 inches} for women], underbrush in trees, or other conditions such as sand dunes (not bunkers), iceplant, palmettos, tree roots, rocks, lava, desert, heather, gorse, etc., which make it likely the ball will be lost or advanced only with great difficulty. Extreme rough should be rated under Crossing Obstacles or Lateral Obstacles and may additionally be rated under Recoverabilty and Rough or Bunkers.
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