Golf is a carefully balanced game of rules and etiquette, and it's very important to know the essentials of golfing etiquette before you go on the course to play your first game of golf.
Golfing etiquette demands that it doesn't matter whether you are playing on your own, in a twosome or in a foursome, you must always wait your turn. You must also stay aware of the group on the next hole and wait until they are well ahead of you before you hit your ball.
Golfing etiquette also means that it is never cool to "hurry" the group in front of you. If you are playing with others, wait your turn to hit the ball and never hit at the same time as another player.
While you wait for your turn to play, go to your ball and determine which golf club you will select and how you are going to hit the golf ball with it. This is called "ready golf" and keeps the game moving along, but don't hurry anybody, just be ready for your turn to play.
Another nice piece of golfing etiquette, especially for the novice is 'playing through'. For example, if your team is holding up the players behind you, say because you are consistently over par, let them play through. You would simply wave them through, or if they are near enough, ask them if they would like to play through. You will never make an enemy by doing this!
When someone is making a shot, you should be standing behind them and you shouldn't make a sound! It is very distracting to be ready to tee off and just as you pull back, someone decides to jingle coins in their pocket or noisily unwrap a bar of chocolate.
Replacing divots. Let's say you are on the fairway and you strike the ball a bit thick and a clump of dirt and grass goes flying, golfing etiquette says that you ought to repair the hole. On some courses you just put the clod back and step on it to keep it down, but on most courses, there is a sand/seed mixture on the course to put into the divot. Also, if your ball makes a deep impression when it lands on the green, you should use your divot tool to repair it.
As soon as you have finished a hole, replace the flag and leave the green as quickly and quietly as possible (there may be another team teeing off at the next hole) so that the next players can play that hole. Count your score and write it on the scorecard when you get back to your trolley.
There is much more to golfing etiquette of course, but these simple essentials of golfing etiquette will enable you to get through the course without upsetting anyone. If we all keep to golfing etiquette we will keep the game friendly, or not?
Golfing etiquette demands that it doesn't matter whether you are playing on your own, in a twosome or in a foursome, you must always wait your turn. You must also stay aware of the group on the next hole and wait until they are well ahead of you before you hit your ball.
Golfing etiquette also means that it is never cool to "hurry" the group in front of you. If you are playing with others, wait your turn to hit the ball and never hit at the same time as another player.
While you wait for your turn to play, go to your ball and determine which golf club you will select and how you are going to hit the golf ball with it. This is called "ready golf" and keeps the game moving along, but don't hurry anybody, just be ready for your turn to play.
Another nice piece of golfing etiquette, especially for the novice is 'playing through'. For example, if your team is holding up the players behind you, say because you are consistently over par, let them play through. You would simply wave them through, or if they are near enough, ask them if they would like to play through. You will never make an enemy by doing this!
When someone is making a shot, you should be standing behind them and you shouldn't make a sound! It is very distracting to be ready to tee off and just as you pull back, someone decides to jingle coins in their pocket or noisily unwrap a bar of chocolate.
Replacing divots. Let's say you are on the fairway and you strike the ball a bit thick and a clump of dirt and grass goes flying, golfing etiquette says that you ought to repair the hole. On some courses you just put the clod back and step on it to keep it down, but on most courses, there is a sand/seed mixture on the course to put into the divot. Also, if your ball makes a deep impression when it lands on the green, you should use your divot tool to repair it.
As soon as you have finished a hole, replace the flag and leave the green as quickly and quietly as possible (there may be another team teeing off at the next hole) so that the next players can play that hole. Count your score and write it on the scorecard when you get back to your trolley.
There is much more to golfing etiquette of course, but these simple essentials of golfing etiquette will enable you to get through the course without upsetting anyone. If we all keep to golfing etiquette we will keep the game friendly, or not?
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