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Well, found this on Amazon and I think it's just big enough for the steering column. I'll combine it with a cart sand/seed bottle holder and see if it will support the heater.

Frosty, That's a good suggestion. It may just be big enough. I'd need a plate between it and the cubholder so I could get the heater to sit level. Thanks.

Thanks for the link. I think my challenge is a non-permanent mount.

Please let me know if there's a better forum for this post! I want a portable version of the cup holder pictured below. No-tools connect and release...and strong enough to hold a propane cart heater. I've been looking at quick release clamps and camera mounts...but somebody may have already thought this through. Our club's carts don't have center cup holders.

Still interested in how they worded the local rule. Announcers were saying that anything past the cart path resulted in a mandatory drop in the nearest drop circle.

I don't guess it matters, but the incident I was talking about was the clubhouse beyond 18, so not temporary. If you hit it past the cart path into the clubhouse, it's a mandatory drop in the drop areas. Maybe there were other structures in the area too that are temporary. My apologies if I'm misreading the tone of certain posts.

So I guess they'd have to rework that example JUST a little bit since this is not a water hazard, doesn't involve a penalty, is a mandatory drop...etc.... The snarkiness sure flows a lot on rules discussions.....

8. Dropping Zones If the Committee considers that it is not feasible or practicable to proceed in accordance with a Rule providing relief, it may establish dropping zones in which balls may or must be dropped when taking relief. Generally, such dropping zones should be provided as an additional relief option to those available under the Rule itself, rather than being mandatory. Using the example of a dropping zone for a water hazard , when such a dropping zone is established, the following Local Rule is recommended: “If a ball is in or it is known or virtually certain that a ball that has not been found is in the water hazard (specify location), the player may: (i) proceed under Rule 26 ; or (ii) as an additional option, drop a ball, under penalty of one stroke, in the dropping zone.

Didn't mean to confuse you guys, I am not questioning the local rule. I'm aware drop areas can be closer to the hole. I want to see the way the local rule is worded because we have a similar situation at our club and I'd like our local rule to be properly worded. Whether you think I "need" to see it or not, I'd still "like" to as I said in my original post ;)

I'd like to see the wording for the drop areas near the clubhouse. They're getting free drops closer to the hole from where the ball ends up.

Also. If it's "known or virtually certain" the ball is in the flower bed but lost, you still drop without penalty, correct? AND The 2nd shot is uphill, so there will be times when no one in your group will see the ball go into the flower bed. If it's not found on such occasions, it's played as a lost ball, right?

Thanks. Good to know.

Should have also mentioned the committee does NOT want the flower bed to OB.

Our 17th hole has out of bounds beyond the green. There is a large flower bed between the green and OB. The committee wants to adopt a local rule requiring a mandatory drop from the flower bed. Taking relief, no closer to the hole, will sometimes be a considerable distance from where your ball ends up in the flower bed. Questions: 1-Do USGA rules permit drop areas for this? 2-There obviously will be a local rule on the card and maybe a sign in the flower bed, but is it required for the bed to be marked with a line if it's clear where the bed begins (grass vs mulch)?

Hope I can explain this clearly. We have a narrow wooded area on our golf course between two fairways. Water naturally drains across one fairway, through the wooded area, and across the other fairway. Casual water occasionally occurs on the fairways. In the wooded area there are shallow ruts from drainage and exposed roots. Is it required or optional to mark the wooded area as a hazard? Water is rarely present. It's a tough decision because marking it would allow you to take a penalty and drop if you prefer. But it would also mean you couldn't move loose impediments if you wanted to play from the original spot. (there are usually lots of twigs, leaves, etc. in the area) If we mark it, then we probably mark a LARGE area because there are several of the shallow (usually dry) ruts and we would just include them all as one hazard.