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Texaco Country Club
12800 Texaco Road
Houston, TX  77013

 

Phone: 713.453.2893

Fax: 713.453.4603

 

Pro Shop:

713.453.7501

 

 

 

 

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USGA Rules Govern All Play or Locals Rules as Outlined Below:

 

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Free relief from small trees with yellow ribbons

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Out of bounds - fence or white stakes on No. 13, 14, 15, & 16

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Keep riding carts 20 yards and pull carts 10 yards from green and tee boxes unless on cart path (never pull carts up on the mounds surrounding the green)

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All players must register in the pro shop PRIOR to starting play

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No player may begin play on No. 10 without permission of the pro shop

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Proper golf attire is required to play golf.  See the dress code for the details

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Practice is restricted to the practice area behind the club house and to the putting green

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Players should repair divots, ball marks and rake sand traps after play

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Use cart path where provided.  Use 90 degree rule, when opposite your ball go to it and hit then return to the cart path

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Drive cart slow when off the cart path and avoid mud and water

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Only 2 persons are permitted in or on one cart at any time.  Driver must have a valid drivers license

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Be Considerate - Allow faster player to play through

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Yardage markers are in fairways and on cart paths

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Flag color on the pin denote position of pin on the green

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Yellow is in the front one-third of the green

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Red is in the middle one-third of the green

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White is in the back one-third of the green

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NO GLASS CONTAINERS PERMITTED ON THE COURSE

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Must use spikeless alternative golf shoes when playing our course

 

USGA Modifies Equitable Stroke Control for 1999:


Far Hills, N.J. - The Equitable Stroke Control procedure of the USGA Handicap System was modified by the USGA Executive Committee at its recent meeting, so that a player with a "...course handicap of nine or less can record a maximum score of double bogey on any hole...".

The new E.S.C. procedure will be optional on a club-by-club basis in 1998, and it will become mandatory effective January 1, 1999, for all golf clubs issuing USGA Handicap Indexes.   Currently, E.S.C. permits players with a course handicap of nine or less to post a maximum score of 6 on any hole.

The remainder of the E.S.C. procedure will remain unchanged.

 

Players with Course Handicaps from

 

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10-19 can record a maximum of 7 on any hole

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20-29 "      "            "  "                  "    8 "    "       "

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30-39 "      "            "  "                  "    9 "    "       "

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40 and above record a maximum of 10 on any hole

 

Equitable Stroke Control is the downward adjustment of unusually high individual hole scores for handicap purposes in order to make handicaps more representative of a player's potential ability.  For more information, contact the USGA Handicap Department at (908)234-2300.