Golf Etiquette

Who here has played the sport or watched on television the game of golf? Have you ever noticed that the players and spectators act in a certain manner? There is a reason and tonight we are going to look at some of the reasons.

In the future, you might find yourself at the Golf Course and you must know the basic elements of proper golf etiquette. The golf etiquette (or lack of it) that you display on the course will say more about you as a golfer and a person than anything you ever do with your clubs.

a. Webster defines: Conduct or procedure required by good breeding or prescribed by authority to be observed in social or official life.

b. Manners – Dinner Table, Classroom, in your family or out at the movies

c. Courtesy – Communication of respect for them

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Lets look at proper golf etiquette at the Practice Area. Green

(1) Special Place

(2) One half of strokes

b. Removing/Tending the Flagstick

(1) Cant hit

(2) Pick straight up

(3) Don’t fidget

(4) Shadow

g. Golf Etiquette however, can show how respectful you are as a golfer and most important, as a person

Closure: There is a motto inscribed above the gate of the Skinners School (Tunbridge Wells, England) and it states, “Manners Maketh The Man”. Don’t swing your clubs when someone is walking around you

e. Quiet

Remotivation: As you can see, proper golf etiquette requires little effort to learn and to use well, certainly far less than swinging and hitting the ball. Repairing your ball marks

(1) Great thrill

(2) Dent

(3) Fixing the mark

(4) Show Divot tool

e. Fairway

(1) Closely mowed area

(2) Between the Tee Box and Green

b. Quiet

(1) Library

Transition: Now that we have just hit our tee shot, les move to the Fairway. practice swings toward another person

(1) Club leaves hands

(2) Rocks/Sticks/etc

d. Teeing Ground

(1) First place you go

(2) Where you begin individual hole

b. Going to school

(1) Reading the green

(2) Standing behind player

(3) Which way will break

(4) Putting yourself at a slight disadvantage in order to allow your playing partner the best chance for a good shot

h. Quiet

Transition: Now that we have hit our approach shot from the fairway and demonstrated proper golf etiquette, lets go where the ball is now, hopefully on the green.

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