Golfing Tips for Beginners - Golfing Etiquette Basics

Posted by Golf Lounge on October 11th, 2022

Golf is a carefully balanced game of rules and etiquette, and it is quite important to know the essentials of golfing etiquette before you go on the course to play your first game of golf.

It does not matter whether you are playing alone, in a twosome, or in a foursome, golfing etiquette demands that you must always wait your turn. You must 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 correct to "push" the group in front of you. If you are playing with others, wait for your turn to hit the ball; never hit at the same time as another player.

While you are waiting for your turn, you can go to your ball and decide which club you will need to use and how you are going to hit it. This is called "ready golf" and keeps the game moving along. Do not rush anybody, just be ready.

Another useful 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 playing consistently over par, let them play through.

You would simply wave them through, or if they are near enough to you, just ask them if they would like to play through. You will never make any enemies by doing this!

When someone is taking a shot, you should be standing behind them and you should not make a sound! It is so distracting to be ready to tee off and just as you pull back, someone decides to jingle their keys in their pocket or noisily unwrap a bar of chocolate.

Replacing divots. Let's say you are on the fairway and you hit the ball a bit thick and a clump of earth and grass goes flying; no problem, but golfing etiquette says that you ought to replace it.

On some courses, you just put the turf back into the hole and step on it to keep it down, but on most courses, there is a sand/seed mixture the course to put into the divot. Also, if your ball makes a deep impression when it lands on the green, you ought to use your divot tool to repair it.

As soon as you have completed a hole, replace the flag and leave the green as quickly as possible so that the next players can play that hole. Add up 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? For more information click here Company events Hamburg and leisure time activities hamburg