With summer season in full swing throughout the US, you’ll be able to play with anybody, anyplace, anytime. We highlighted the ten issues all golfers ought to do throughout a spherical, however now we need to checklist 10 errors all golfers ought to keep away from each time they play:
10. By no means depart your cart in entrance of inexperienced; all the time in direction of again or close to subsequent tee
You must park your cart on the closest level between the inexperienced and the following tee. That time also needs to be behind the inexperienced, so you aren’t strolling in direction of the green you simply performed, additional delaying the group behind you. Cart etiquette is vital, however so is utilizing frequent sense.
9. Talking of carts, hold them 30 toes away from greens and tees
You must by no means carry your cart near the inexperienced until you’ve gotten a medical situation forbidding you from strolling a substantial distance.
The identical might be mentioned for teeing areas.
8. No must take greater than three observe swings
The tempo of play on a course is vital. And no, you aren’t on the PGA Tour. So don’t take greater than three observe swings and waste everybody’s time, together with yours.
I normally take two to get in a rhythm, then swing away.
7. Don’t arrive lower than 20 minutes earlier than tee time
Scrambling to the primary tee in a dizzying hurry is horrible, but it surely angers the professional store employees, too. Be there on time so you’ll be able to ease into your spherical and have a correct warmup.
6. Don’t skip out on the placing inexperienced beforehand
You should have extra strokes on the inexperienced than anyplace else. It’s important to get the velocity of the greens down beforehand so that you don’t make a multitude of issues over the primary couple of holes.
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5. Missed ball marks injury greens
Repair your ball marks.
Repair your ball marks.
Repair your ball marks.
No one desires to play on broken greens, and no one desires a superb putt disrupted by a bump.
4. Don’t place wedges/golf equipment in tough
Each golfer has made the error of leaving a membership behind in some unspecified time in the future.
If you happen to carry your wedge or quick iron to a inexperienced, put it on the inexperienced or fringe—someplace simply seen. I normally place golf equipment subsequent to the flagstick—a superb reminder to not overlook them, too.
3. Exchange divots, repair ball marks
Deal with the golf course like your individual dwelling.
Exchange divots and use grime combine if accessible. And all the time, all the time restore your ball marks on the greens. Repair one other one, too. A course’s most precious belongings are the greens—handle them.
2. The five-minute rule
If it’s essential to take greater than 5 minutes searching for a golf ball, it’s clearly not within the spot you assume it’s—or it’s buried within the tough the place you’d battle to hack it out.
Take a drop and transfer on.
1. Don’t be too arduous on your self
It’s a irritating sport that even angers Tiger Woods, Scottie Scheffler, and Bryson DeChambeau. Have enjoyable.
Jack Milko is a golf employees author for SB Nation’s Enjoying Via. Make sure you try @_PlayingThrough for extra golf protection. You’ll be able to comply with him on Twitter @jack_milko as nicely.
