Tractor Marks

The course is open and the Men's Competition today was over 18 holes. Hallelujah!! The warmer weather and drying winds are just what we need. Long may it blow.

There are a lot of muddy patches on the course and there are also a lot of 'wheel' marks left by the greenkeeping staff as they have continued to use vehicles on the course during the wet conditions. So if the ball lies in wheel marks ...... Is a rut made by a tractor considered a 'hole made by a greenkeeper' and should it be declared as 'ground under repair'?

The Rules of Golf (decision 25/16) states that such a rut is not a hole made by a greenkeeper. The Committee would be justified in declaring a deep rut to be ground under repair, but not a shallow indentation made by greenkeeping equipment.

But if the Committee or greenkeeper have not declared it ground under repair by either marking the area with white lines or specifically mentioning the area on the board .... sorry ..... you must play it as it lies.