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Local rules & scorecard
Loimijoki Golf – Ypäjä golf course Local rules
(updated 22.4.2026)
The following local rules apply at Loimijoki Golf:
1. Staked trees: Trees on the course marked with red tape are immovable obstructions. Relief under Rule 16.1b.
2. Dropping Zone areas and playing from them
• Hole 2, relief from the yellow penalty area (yellow stakes, not the river) under the penalty area rule, or relief with one penalty stroke to the DZ area (marked area). If the ball crosses the penalty area boundary from the other side of the water, the red penalty area rule applies (red stakes). The DZ area is a separately marked area. The transfer rule applies within the DZ area
3. Anthills Anthills on the course are immovable obstructions, relief under Rule 16.1b
4. Roads, cart paths, tracks, paths and gravel-filled drains. Roads, cart paths, tracks, paths and gravel-filled drains are immovable obstructions. Relief without penalty under Rule 16.1b.
5. Water-formed channels and temporary water in a bunker. Relief in the bunker without penalty under Rule 16.1c.
6. Stakes on the course: All distance markers and plates are immovable obstructions. Relief under Rule 16.1b. Other stakes may be moved and must be returned to their place. No relief from white stakes under Rule 16.1.
Temporary amendments to the local rules are posted on the course's notice board.
Course markings: * boundary of the course of play white stake * penalty areas yellow stake or yellow plate/tuft, red stake or red plate/tuft * ground under repair blue stake/paint * ground under repair blue-white stake (play forbidden) * 200 m marker white plate * 150 m marker yellow plate * 100 m marker red plate Note. Hole lengths as well as distance stakes and plates are measured to the center of the green. Use of a rangefinder is allowed in competitions unless otherwise stated in the competition info. Leave the rake inside the bunker.
NOTE! On the left side of hole 11's green, on both sides of the path, there is a ground wasp nest. Please avoid unnecessary movement in areas where wasps are swarming.
