GOLF COMMITTEE
PACE OF PLAY IS A LARGE COMPONENT OF AN ENJOYABLE ROUND OF GOLF Below are a couple of tips we sometimes neglect when playing. Your foursome needs to be OFF THE TEE at your given tee time. Which means you are ready to play when you arrive – make sure you have your glove, tees, balls and all the things you need to get through the round. Try to arrive at least five minutes before your scheduled time for a casual round and ten minutes before a competitive one. The earlier you arrive, the better chance you have of being ready to play. In the event you hit your ball out of bounds or think it may be lost outside of a penalty area, it is reasonable to hit a provisional ball from the spot the stroke was taken. The exceptions to hitting a provisional ball are; a) if the ball may be lost in a RED or YELLOW penalty area or; b) you wish to use Local Rule #1 as printed on the back of your scorecard. When the player reaches the spot where they think a ball may be lost outside of a penalty area, strict adherence to the 3 minutes for searching needs to be followed.
A considerate player prepares in advance for the next stroke and is ready to play when it is their turn. When two players are sharing a cart, and one player is out preparing for their stroke, the other player can be walking or driving to their ball and preparing for their shot. It is a rare situation where there are two carts with three players waiting in the fairway for one player to hit their shot. It is recommended that the player make the stroke in no more than 40 seconds after they are able to play without interference or distraction. The amount of time you take for your practice swings is included in the 40 seconds! Know your position on the golf course. It’s the group ahead of you that you should be paying attention to, NOT the group behind. Keeping up with the group ahead is always the GOAL Watch all golf shots in your group, even the bad ones. Watch the ball until it lands and make a mental note of where it came to rest. There is nothing worse than having four players in a group and no one has any idea where the ball is located. On the putting green, don’t wait until it is your turn to start the process of reading the green. Observe the green’s borrow, slope and distance of the putt as you are driving up to the green, walking to replace your ball’s pitch
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