Woodburn Golf Club

The following information is published in the "Woodburn Golf Club Local Rules & Player Information" handout courtesy of Yes Graphics Printing Company, Woodburn, Oregon.

The number of players has rapidly increased in recent years, adding problems and reminding us the course does have a maximum capacity. This points up the necessity to publish some information and enforce such rules as will promote safety, facilitate play, lessen the possibility of "golf course anger" and make golfing at the Woodburn club a pleasant experience.

SAFETY--
1. Children under six years of age are not permitted on the golf course. Golf can be a dangerous game.
2. Children, six to 10 years of age, may play when accompanied by an adult. All golfers must have their own set of clubs.
3. If a ball hits a person or a car, the golfer who hit the ball is responsible.
4. When a golfer is in the wrong fairway, there are increased safety concerns. (Yield to players in their own fairway.)
5. No spectators on the golf course.

IF THERE IS NO STARTER AT THE CLUB HOUSE--
1. Register in the booth at the east end of the club house.
2. Use the envelope for your fees noting your name and the amount, then drop it in the slot.
3. Take your turn to start on No.1 tee alternating with players coming off No. 9 if they wish to continue playing.

SPECIAL LOCAL RULES--
1. Do not trespass on the farmer's property to the right of No. 1 fairway.
2. All outside holes, Nos. 1,2,3, and 9 have out-of-bounds on the right, penalty of stroke and distance.
3. Number 5 has an out-of-bounds on the left side of the fairway, loss of distance only.
4. Number 6 has an out-of-bounds on the right side of the fairway, loss of distance only.
5. On the dog-leg No. 6, the ball must be played to the left of the big fir tree at the end of the dog-leg, approximately 141 yards from the tee.
6. If a green has casual water, move the ball to a dry area, no closer to the hole without penalty.
7. A winter rule applies, i.e., a ball through the green, may be cleaned and replaced within six inches of the original spot but no closer to the hole, without penalty.
8. Do not play a shot which will damage a newly planted tree. Move the ball no closer to the hole, no penalty.
9. A ball does not have to be played from a drainage ditch. It may be moved, no closer to the hole, without penalty.
10. Golfers may not play holes out of consecutive order if it slows other players or interferes with the play of others.
11. Groups, larger than foursome, are not permitted, except at the discretion of the "Starter".
12. If you are looking for a lost ball so long as to hold up following golfers, please wave them to play through.
13. Please, do not pull carts across the greens.
14. Please replace divots. (Cooperation makes for better fairways.)

PLEASE NOTE: The Starter, the Course Manager, and the Board Members all and individually are authorized to expel any one from the course who refuses to comply with these rules or the common courtesies of golf. Golf is one of sport's greatest challenges, but do not forget the side benefits of relaxation, fellowship, exercise and fun.

Woodburn Golf Course, Woodburn, Oregon
December 11, 1999

	I played Woodburn December 11, 1999. The day was overcast. A stiff wind blew out of the south but the rains held off.
	On a cold, wet and windy Saturday afternoon in December, play was fast. When we visited the Woodburn Golf Course, only a couple of three-somes and three singles were on the course.
	It's a flat course that is surprisingly well-drained. Good iron shots are a must.
	The Woodburn course is environmentally friendly. The fairways are not watered. The sand greens make fertilizer a moot point.
	Stately trees grace the course. Ponderosas, redwoods, cedars and weeping willow trees are a few of the outstanding specimens found here. This tree marks the out of bounds of the neighboring berry farm. If you hit your ball into the berries, wave it goodbye.
	A thicket forms the out-of-bounds of the third fairway. In the winter months, listen for the songs of chickadees, rosy finches, Oregon juncos and jays.
	Back to back doglegs form the backbone of the course.
	An old windbreak of hawthorn trees stands between the road and the ninth fairway. However, it doesn't do much to slow the onslaught of the prevailing wind.
	Don't let the sand greens bother you too much. The cups appear to be larger than regulation size.
	The task of sweeping the sand greens usually goes to the loser of the hole.
	Wait for the parade of cars to pass before teeing off on the ninth hole. A posted sign warns of the consequences if you don't.

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This Page Updated: June 27, 2005

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