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Claude Brousseau
Teaching Professional/Dana Rader Golf School
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University du Quebec
a Montreal, MBA
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Reservations:
704-542-7635
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Increase your pace of play!
by Claude Brousseau, MBA
Teaching Professional, Dana
Rader Golf School
There are different reasons
why people play golf. Some players want to socialize, some
want to be in contact with the nature and other love the
challenge and the competition.
The one
subject that everyone agrees on is the importance of good
etiquette on the golf course.
One of
the biggest issues is
the pace
of play
of our
group, the one in front or behind yours. This paper will
give you some food for thoughts. In the interest of all,
players should play without delay. How can we make this
nice conceptual idea in reality?
First,
you should be ready to play when it is your turn to do so.
You will have walk to your ball, calculate the distance,
select the club (bring more than one club with you) and
make your practice swing. All those activities can be
executed while your partners are playing. You don’t have
to wait until your partners complete their shots to walk
to your ball and start the process of playing the shot.
If you
are a beginner, it is “etiquettly correct” to pick up your
ball after you hit 3 shots and you are still more than 100
yards to the middle of the green. You can place the ball
on the green and execute your putt. You will play all
aspects of the game and don’t slow the pace of play.
Every
level of player can use this to speed up. After you finish
your shot, keep the clubs in your hands and get in the
golf car. Drive to the next shot and place the club in the
bag at the same time you are selecting the club you need
for the present shot. Repeat the same pattern walking of
the green. You will have plenty time at the next tee box
to get ready.
My last
advice will be, if you are not able to keep the pace.
Please let the faster players play through.
Please
keep having fun playing this great game of golf!!! |
