WOMEN’S GOLF ASSOCIATION OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

Etiquette on the Course

GENERAL RULE: Consideration should be given to others on the course at all times.

•  Be at the tee before your starting time.
•  For safety sake, players should ensure that no one is standing close by or in a position tobe hit by the club, the ball or any stones, pebbles, twigs or the like when they make astroke or practice swing.
•  Don’t play until the players in front are out of range.
•  All players in a group should watch ball flight ̧ help with the pace and lost ball issues.
•  On the teeing ground, a player should not tee her ball up until it is her turn to play.
•  Shout out a warning if your ball might hit someone.
•  Do not move, talk, make unnecessary noises or stand close to someone making a stroke,especially on the putting green.
•  Players should not stand close to or directly behind the ball, or directly behind the holewhen a player is about to play.
•  When attending the flagstick, do not stand where you are casting a shadow over thehole.
•  Players should not stand on another’s line of putt or, when she is making a stroke, cast ashadow over her line of putt.
•  Always play without delay and keep up with the group in front of you.
•  If you have an open hole in front of you, invite faster players to play through.
•  Repair divot holes and pitch marks.
•  Smooth footprints in bunkers.
•  Don’t drop clubs or the flagstick on the surface of the putting green.
•  The first player to hole out is responsible for replacing the flagstick.
•  Replace the flagstick carefully so as not to damage the edge of the holes.
•  Players should remain on or close to the putting green until all other players in thegroup have holed out.
•  In the case of a serious breach of etiquette, the Committee may disqualify a playerunder Rule 33-7.
•  Refer to Section 1 Etiquette: Behavior on the Course in the USGA Rules of Golf foradditional information on this important aspect of the Game.

GOLF/Rules WNHGA Etiquette 1