q Mulligans. Every player is allowed one mulligan per round. Mulligan’s can only be taken off the tee.
q Lost/Out-of-Bound Balls: When a ball is lost or played out of bounds, the player must take a one-shot penalty. The player may then play his next shot from the fairway nearest to where the ball was lost/out-of-bounds. E.g. If you drive out of bounds, you will be playing your third shot from the fairway. Players playing under the regular rules may play their next shot from the rough nearest to where they lost their ball.
q Water: When a ball goes in water, the player incurs a one-shot penalty as per Lost/OOB balls.
q Handicapping. Handicaps in the 45-37 range will be subject to +0.4/-0.8 adjustments. 19-36 handicaps are subject to +0.2/-0.4 adjustments.
q Two out the total seven rounds at the end of the year must be Dunboyne rounds.
q Apart from Dunboyne, 3 rounds from a single course are the maximum that can be included in the total score.