Woodball Course

I. General Principles

1. The Woodball course should be sited on a tract of grassy field or clay ground, and its fairways should be

designed for games and competition.

2. On the Woodball course, the natural objects such as trees, grove, low wall, and mounds can be used as

obstacles or boundary line.

3. The outer area of the fairway boundary can be set up as spectators’ area with reference to the natural features.

4. The fairways designed layout plan of the Woodball course should be displayed at the ideal strategic visible

location.

II. Woodball Course Design

1. The design of Woodball course shall comprise twelve fairways or its multiple numbers.

2. The total length of a twelve-fairway Woodball course shall be more than 700 meters.

3. In principle, the surface of the fairway shall be even and smooth.

4. The fairway is designed to be rectilinear or curvy form in accordance with the natural features of the land.

5. The fairways may be set up with simple obstacles and temporary boundary line.

6. According to the area of the Woodball course, different fairway distances are designed varies from 30 to 130

meters.

7. In the event of the effect of the regional climate or the natural features of the course, the local organizer may

take due circumstances into consideration and make the appropriate local rules but not against the primary spirit

of the Rules.

8. The round string used for fairway boundary line shall be 1 cm diameter in white or yellow color.

III. Specifications of the Woodball Course

1. The fairways shall be maintained regularly, and grass on the fairways shall be mowed closely in advance of

playing.

2. The width of each fairway should be designed in accordance with its natural features, but the narrowest

shall not be less than 3 meters in width, and the widest shall not be more than 10 meters.

3. The length of a fairway, 50 meters and under is termed as short distance, and in between 51 to 80 meters is

termed as medium distance, and between 81 to 130 meters is termed as long distance.

4. Of the twelve fairways, at least four are curving fairways; two of them are left-curving fairways and two

are right-curving fairways.

5. Of the twelve fairways, at least two are short-distance fairways and two are long-distance fairways.

6. The length of the fairways is measured from the central point of the starting line along the fairway center to the

central point of the gate. This length is regarded as the actual distance of each fairway.

7. At the beginning of each fairway shall be set up a horizontal line as the initiating line, which is called

starting line. The line is 2 meters in length and each end of the line draw backwards a line of 3 meters in length

so as to enclose a rectangular area, which is called starting area.

8. At the end of each fairway shall be set up a circular gate area 5 meters in diameter with the gate as its center.

Gate area 5 meters in diameter may not be applied if the geographical features at both sides of the gate have

major terrain obstacles around. Between the rear of the gate area and the fairway boundary keeps a buffer zone

2 meters and more in width.

9. The gate is set up at the center of the gate area and may face any direction of the fairway.

10. The starting area and the gate area shall be even and smooth without any obstacles.