Golf Course Overview

The course on the banks of the Vltava River and with views of the majestic Vyšehrad is friendly to every player by its very nature - with a length of 5,624 meters (2x 9 holes from the back tees), it is not one of the longest, but it will still test all categories of golfers. The abundance of water hazards, large modeled greens, high quality fairways and greens and, above all, the possibility of playing all year round are the great advantages of the nine-hole course in Hodkovičky. 

You can view the course HERE: https://www.hodkovicky.cz/prohlidka-hriste/ 

Course etiquette 

• Entry to the course is only allowed to players with a HCP of 54 and lower, a valid playing fee or accompanied by a professional coach. 
• Entry to the course is only allowed with your own golf equipment and in clothing according to golf etiquette (collared T-shirt, canvas pants with a belt, golf shoes). 
• It is forbidden to use practice balls on the course. Players coming from hole no. 9 have priority on hole no. 1. 
• Faster groups have priority on the course over slower groups. 
• Keep a safe distance from the players in front of you, shout "FORE" if you are in danger. 
• The player's duty is to return the cut turf to its place, dig up bunkers after themselves and mark pitch marks on the greens. 
• Do not use mobile phones on the course and do not disturb other players by talking loudly. 
• It is forbidden to enter the course with baby strollers and dogs. 
• Players are obliged to respect the time limit for searching for the ball according to the valid Rules of Golf. This also applies to practice games. 

Players are obliged to respect the marshal's warnings and instructions. If the instructions are not respected, the player may be excluded and removed from the course without the right to a refund of the paid playing fee. 

LOCAL RULES 

1. COURSE BOUNDARIES 

White pegs and white vertical lines on the fence or enclosure of the course and on the advertising board posts on hole 1. 

2. PENALTY AREAS 

red penalty areas on holes 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8 and 9, marked with red pegs or lines, including the concrete edging of hole 2 yellow penalty areas on holes 4, 7 and 8, marked with yellow pegs or lines when playing hole 3, the yellow penalty area behind the hole is considered a red penalty area. 

3. PARTS OF THE COURSE REQUIRING PROTECTION, GROUND UNDER REPAIR 

Parts of the course marked with blue pegs, lines or ribbon indicate parts of the course requiring protection or ground under repair from which play is prohibited. These include saplings, bushes, a tree in the middle of the fairway on hole No. 4, the practice green on the left at the end of the fairway on hole No. 1, the reserve greens to the right of the fairway on hole No. 3 and to the left of the fairway on hole No. 8. 

If the player’s ball lies in this area or if this area interferes with the player’s stance or the area of his intended swing, the player must take free relief under Rule 16.1. 

PENALTY FOR BREACH OF A LOCAL RULE: 

Match play - loss of hole. Stroke play - two penalty strokes. 

4. IMMOVABLE DEFECTS 

construction components of the irrigation and drainage system (sprinklers, valve shafts, waste shafts) all roads, bridges, protective nets, unless they are outside the boundaries of the course or in the penalty area trash bins, benches, components of the information and advertising system, unless they are outside the boundaries of the course stone wall along the boundary of the course on hole no. 3. 

5. DROP ZONE 

If on hole no. 2 it is known or virtually certain that the ball has come to rest in the penalty area, the player has the following relief option with one penalty stroke: take relief under Rule 17.1, or as an additional option, drop the ball in the drop zone, marked with the Drop zone table and marked with a low-slung area or a white line on the ground.