Local rules

We request that all players observe golfing etiquette, replace divots on the fairways and tees and smooth out footprints on the greens after their plays.

Play on the course is handicap-restricted: only those with a handicap of 36.0 or below may play.
We kindly request that players not enter the driving range from hole number 1, for their own safety.
Your play and presence on the Gray Bear golf course is at your own risk.
1. Play time for nine holes is 2 hours 15 minutes, eighteen holes 4 hours 30 minutes.
2. Penalty-free allowance: may be applied on all paths on the course. Should the small stone wall to the left of the first hole hinder a swing or approach in any direction, a penalty-free allowance is permitted. Blue posts mark ground under repair where it is forbidden to play – use of allowance, rule 25-1. An allowance may be taken for the protection of young trees up to a height equal to the length of a club. The player must pick up their ball and drop it without penalty in accordance with rule 24-2b.
3. Course boundaries (Out of bounds): hole 1- the driving range on the left side, holes 3, 9 and 18- the putting and chipping green areas, hole 11- the fencing to the right of the fairway and beyond the green, hole 18- the pathway and parking area to the left of the fairway, the golf cart path to the left of the green and beyond the green.
4. BIOZONE – water hazard. Hole 9 – the section of the water hazard marked by red posts with black tops is defined as a biozone – water hazard. Entry to and play from the area so marked is prohibited and penalized by two strokes. The player may use an allowance under rule 26-1, water hazard. For repeated violation of the rule during the season, the player may be banned from the course. 5. The distances marked on the sprinklers indicate the distance past the middle of the green. Green posts (with 1 white band – 100 m, 2 white bands – 150 m, 3 white bands – 200 m) indicate the distance from the middle of the fairway to the middle of the green. The green posts are a hard barrier – penalty-free allowance under rule 24-2.
6. The wooden posts with orange markings situated outside the fairways serve as survey markers.
7. Stones in the sand bunkers – may be removed without penalty.
8. To ensure steady play, the player is obligated to play a provisional ball in each case where the ball is played into the rough.

Cart rules
1. Ride the golf carts carefully and safely; take care to avoid damaging the grass on the golf course.
2. More than two people riding on a cart at the same time is prohibited.
3. Golf carts must not be operated by persons unaware of how to safely operate and handle them.
4. Golf carts must not be operated by persons younger than 16 years of age.
5. Golf carts must not be operated by players’ caddies.
6. While operating the golf cart, stay as much as possible on the pavement and observe the directions shown on signs around the golf course.
7. Golf carts are prohibited to be taken into the following areas, whether marked as such by signs or not:
- over inclined surfaces or sloping greens, tees or sand hazards,
- closer than 10 metres to the tee,
- closer than 30 metres to the green,
- in all unmowed grass areas,
- over wet sections of the course.
8. In places where there is no pavement, golf carts should be ridden over low-mowed surfaces (fairways), with the exception of entering the greens. The directions shown on signage and in the preceding points of the riding rules should also be observed (especially the 30 m distance from the green). At the green the player must park at an appropriate spot in the direction of the next tee. From here the player shall walk to the green on foot, play his hole and then continue on.
9. Players (operating golf carts) who do not follow the vehicle operating rules shall lose their ability to use motorised carts on the Gray Bear course during their future games.
10. The six-seat sightseeing golf carts may only be driven on the paved sections of the golf course. They are prohibited all entry to grassed areas on the course.
11. Golf carts marked with flags are not available to golfers, and special operating rules apply to them.
12. In exceptional cases, taking motorised carts on the golf course may be prohibited.