Cart paths are common on golf courses. While helpful in keeping carts off the grass, they are less helpful if your errant shot comes to rest on or against one of these paths -- unless you know the rules of golf and what options are available.
Published: 7/26/2009 3:00:52 AM
In a competitive match, there are specific rules on which player goes first. The rules are to prevent arguments and to keep the game moving without any type of significant delay. Order of play rules have been in effect for centuries and have kept...
Published: 7/23/2009 3:00:55 AM
There is nothing more inconsiderate than not fixing your pitch mark on the green. Everybody, including you, suffers from bumpy greens if you don't fix your ball marks. Properly fixed ball marks normally take 1 to 2 days to completely heal. Ball m...
Published: 7/23/2009 3:00:54 AM
In golf, you must hit the ball onto the fairways and onto the greens. That can be difficult, and when a golfer hits his ball too far left or right, it could end up out of bounds. Out of bounds on a golf course is the area in which a ball is no...
Published: 7/19/2009 3:00:49 AM
A golf scorecard might seem like it is written in a different language. There are lots of numbers, plus and minus signs, and numbers in parentheses. This is daunting at first, but a little understanding let's you see that it's a lot simpler than ...
Published: 6/27/2009 3:00:48 AM
Golf is enhanced when more players are added into the mix. To make playing interesting, players might participate in a "scramble" match. A "scramble" game takes the best shot of each player on a team to make a fast-paced and interesting game. The...
Published: 6/24/2009 3:00:52 AM
Obviously not all golfers have the same skills and abilities--otherwise we would all be Tiger Woods. So how do golfers with different skill levels compete against each other? By using what is known as a handicap. Golfers relatively new to the gam...
Published: 6/24/2009 3:00:51 AM
Fantasy sports are popular around the country for almost every spectator sport. Fantasy golf might not be as popular as fantasy football or baseball, but it can still be very competitive with knowledgeable contenders. Following a few key suggesti...
Published: 6/23/2009 3:00:55 AM
The Ryder Cup is a bi-annual match-play competition between the United States and Europe. The competition is named after golf enthusiast and businessman Samuel Ryder, who donated a solid gold trophy for the winning team. The first official Ryder ...
Published: 6/12/2009 3:00:43 AM
You have been put in charge of your club championship or your company golf tournament. You have to organize a tournament. You have to have it run smoothly and you have to make sure it is fair.
Published: 5/7/2009 3:00:53 AM
The U.S. Open is known for being the toughest major and most challenging golf course for tour professionals. This tournament, every year, leaves players struggling to make par and any round in the 70s is great. The cut rules for the U.S. Open are...
Published: 5/7/2009 3:00:40 AM
Ladder Golf is an outdoor game played between two teams who take turns attempting to throw a bolo made of two golf balls connected by a rope at a ladder. Each ladder rung is worth varying point values of 1, 2 or 3 points. In order to win the game...
Published: 5/5/2009 4:26:32 PM
Published: 5/5/2009 4:26:28 PM
Here is another game you can add to your regular weekend out with the foursome--Wolf. With the steps below, you will learn how the game of Wolf is played and how to use strategies that will net you the most wins. It is the golfer who is the Wolf ...
Published: 5/5/2009 4:25:43 PM
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is Federal law that applies throughout the USA. It is enforced by litigation in the Federal courts, not by local authorities such as building inspectors. One of the purposes of the ADA is to make faciliti...
Published: 5/5/2009 4:25:26 PM
Removing and replacing your golf ball is an integral component of the putting routine. Knowing how to do so properly will help expedite the process as well as protect you from infringing on the rules of the game.
Published: 5/5/2009 4:25:20 PM
Match play in golf is a different game than what most golfers and fans are used to playing and watching in traditional stroke play. In match play, a player (or a player's team) earns points for every hole that he beats the opponent. The total num...
Published: 5/5/2009 4:25:20 PM
The Rules of Golf maintained by the United States Golf Association are explicit regarding a player's conduct at the beginning of each hole on the so-called "tee box." Depending on the infraction, a player can either sustain a penalty, be disquali...
Published: 8/22/2009 3:08:55 AM
Learning how to act on the golf course should be the first lesson a child learns, even before learning how to hold the club. The sportsmanship, courtesy and integrity that the junior golfer learns are lifelong skills that he can use both on and o...
Published: 8/22/2009 3:08:55 AM
The USGA Handicap System allows the weekend duffer to compete on equal terms with the expert golfer, from the same set of tees or different tees.
Published: 8/24/2009 3:01:16 AM
Section 33 of the United States Golf Association's Official Rules of Golf covers certain aspects of how a player can go against common courtesy in order to speed up play. The USGA leaves enforcement of those rules to local competition or course m...
Published: 8/1/2009 3:00:57 AM
A golfer never wants to see his ball land in a bunker or other hazard, but when it does he needs to know the rules of playing out of that hazard. Knowing the rules can save a golfer unnecessary penalty strokes.
Published: 7/31/2009 3:00:59 AM
"Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." That is the overriding principle that all golfers should follow. Golf is one of the few games where an umpire or a referee is not involved, so golfers must rely on the integrity of those with w...
Published: 7/31/2009 3:00:55 AM
In the United States Golf Association's "Rules of Golf," Rule No. 13 is referred to as "Ball Played As It Lies." This rule prohibits improving the lie, the area intended for making a swing, the line of play or the area in which the ball is to be...
Published: 7/30/2009 3:00:54 AM
