November 12 Grand Lake Golf Report

There are many new golf rules coming in 2019. Five key new rules are:

1. The advent of "penalty areas" and relaxed rules in those areas. "Penalty area" is a new concept that includes water hazards, but grounds crews at a golf course can also mark areas such as waste bunkers or thick stands of trees as "penalty areas." Golfers will be able to do things such as grounding a club and moving loose impediments that are currently banned in hazards.
2. Golfers won't be required to follow a precise method of dropping a ball, as in the current rules where extending an arm outward and dropping from shoulder height is required. In the new rules, a golfer will drop the ball from knee height.
3. You'll be able to leave the flagstick in the hole when playing from on the green, rather than going to the trouble (and taking the time) to remove it, as now required.
4. Spike marks on the green and any other damage to a green done by shoes or a club will be OK to repair prior to putting.
5. And the time allowed to search for a possibly lost golf ball is decreased from five minutes to three minutes.

These are just 5 key rule changes.  There are others, all effective on January 1 2019.  Now is a great time to check them out.

Cherokee Grove Saturday and Sunday Skins.   10 a.m. start time.  Play Skins, scramble or whatever you want to do..

Golf Quotes

“There’s no such thing as bad weather, only inappropriate clothing!” -Anonymous

Wednesday Morning League for Senior men at Cherokee Grove.  Just stop by the Cherokee Grove club house.  This will be a Senior Men’s league for 60 and over playing 9 holes.  $20 fee includes cart fee and entry in $5 skins game.  (Members play for $10)  Tee off each Wednesday.

Upcoming Tournaments.

Cherokee Grove Redneck Cross Country 4 man scramble November 17^th. Start the day with biscuits and gravy, Sign up at the Clubhouse.   12:00 start

Golf Joke

A pastor decides to play hooky on a Sunday to play golf. He's playing the best golf of his life when an angel asks God, "Are you going to let this slide? Do something!"

So God says, "Watch this."

The pastor hits a 425-yard tee shot and the ball goes in the hole for a double eagle. The angel asks, "Why did you reward him?"

God says, "Who is he gonna tell?"

Grand Lake Golf Venues
-Cherokee Grove Golf Course (Grove) @ 918-786-4100+

-The Coves Golf Club (Duck Creek) @ 918-782-3220  

-Grand Cherokee Golf Course (Langley) @ 918-435-8727.

-Patricia Island Golf Club (Grove) @ 918-786-3338

-Peoria Ridge Golf Club (Miami) 918-542-7676

-Shangri-La Golf Club (Monkey Island) @ 918-257-4204

-Eagle Creek Golf Club (Joplin) @ 417-623-5050

-Elk River C.C. (Noel) @ 417-475-3208

  Kelly Custom Golf (Grove) @918-787-7640