Red stake with yellow on top

[synergy]

Can someone explain what this dual coloured stake means?

Noticed it at Royal Ontario #10, along the pond, but didn’t really see if there were other stakes like this on other holes. Pretty sure the rest had red-only stakes.

[Fore Warned]

Fire hydrant marker....

[ChasingPar]

Could it be the point where the penalty area changes from yellow to red? So, to one side of that stake, the penalty area is marked yellow. To the other side, it's marked red.

Sometimes you see a yellow stake and a separate red stake driven in the ground right beside each other to convey the same thing.

[rulie]

Nothing in the Rules of golf cover a stake painted both red and yellow as described - you need to check with the club to understand what it means.

[aaagc]

Can someone explain what this dual coloured stake means?

Noticed it at Royal Ontario #10, along the pond, but didn’t really see if there were other stakes like this on other holes. Pretty sure the rest had red-only stakes.

Was there a red line nearby? It may simply be indicating the presence of a penalty area but not defining the margin.

[synergy]

Could it be the point where the penalty area changes from yellow to red? So, to one side of that stake, the penalty area is marked yellow. To the other side, it's marked red.

Sometimes you see a yellow stake and a separate red stake driven in the ground right beside each other to convey the same thing.

Yeah, I saw that video too. It’s gotta mean just as you describe. If we look at the shape of the pond and where the stake is (see satellite pic above), this is prob the last point where a yellow stake would be placed. You would then drop BEHIND the water hazard at this spot since the water then becomes parallel to the fairway from that point.

I think there are red stakes only along the water all the way to the green (I’ll have to check next time I’m there).

All these years, I’m still learning something new in this game.

[QuentinJJ]

Yeah, I saw that video too. It’s gotta mean just as you describe. If we look at the shape of the pond and where the stake is (see satellite pic above), this is prob the last point where a yellow stake would be placed. You would then drop BEHIND the water hazard at this spot since the water then becomes parallel to the fairway from that point.

I think there are red stakes only along the water all the way to the green (I’ll have to check next time I’m there).

All these years, I’m still learning something new in this game.

Maybe next year with the increase in Membership fees, Kaneff will be able to afford two stakes there - one red, one yellow...

[synergy]

Maybe next year with the increase in Membership fees, Kaneff will be able to afford two stakes there - one red, one yellow...