Basic Golf Etiquette
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We all know that the game requires a tee, a ball, and clubs, but few golfers actually take the time to learn the proper etiquette of the game.
Golf is a great game when digested properly and then studied correctly. This article should help you to understand the basics of good golf etiquette.
The members of the foursome or twosome hit in turn.
The closest ball to the green hits last and so on. The golf term for this action is honor.
The ordinary swing of a golf club can be a deadly blow. Therefore, rules
of etiquette are often rules of safety. All clubs, bags, carts and other essentials of the game should be left off the teeing ground.
Don’t practice your swing while other members of your group are hitting, and don’t stand behind the tee. Stay behind the player - to his back. Like the swing of the club, the flight of the ball can be dangerous. If players walk in front of another who is hitting, the distraction could cause a missed shot and the result can be injury to a companion.
Never hold up a group playing behind you. When your ball is in the rough,
Nothing rooted may be removed to allow an easier shot. When it’s virtually impossible to hit your ball, you may declare it unplayable. It is then allowable to pick the ball up, move two club lengths away from the obstacle (not nearer the hole) and drop the ball over
your shoulder. Also, around some clubs players move their balls to a choice spot with their hands. This always pertains to balls in the fairway.
Once you reach your ball and prepare to approach the green, study the lay of the land. Remember, when your ball is hit out of the fairway nothing can be removed to improve the lie of the ball unless it is dead matter. In rough, or woods, players can pick up dead
limbs, leaves, paper or cut grass. But growing bushes, roots, tall grass must remain in place.
As each player shoots the caddy faces them and lifts the stick so that the ball may have freedom of the hole if it has the proper direction. Without caddies, the player in the group with the ball closest to the cup has the obligation on holding the stick for his companions. When his time comes to hit, another member of the party holds the stick for him.
Should another player’s ball be blocking your line to the hole, then you may ask him to mark and remove it. If your ball is in such a position that it might interfere with a player’s approach to the hole, it is always good to ask him if he would like it marked.
Don’t just walk up and grab your ball or the ball of a fellow member of your group.
Some players make the mistake of entering a sand trap by climbing into it from the high side, but a following player may be penalized by having his ball come to rest in one of the deep footprints left behind. Tearing down the sides of traps and then leaving without repairing the damage is an inexcusable breach of etiquette. The ball which lies thegreatest distance from the hole is putted first, and so on down the line until the closest man plays.
Then the process is repeated until the entire group has played the hole out.
Remember, a careful study of the rules of play and etiquette can do more to insure enjoyment than any other one thing. Thousands of tiny, intricate situations can arise in golf.
By Michael Black
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April 22nd, 2010 at 1:24 pm
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