Improve Your Golf Swing

The rules of golf are composed by the United States Golf Association or USGA.  Some of their rules include:

• Every player is entitled and obliged to play the ball from the position where it has come to rest after a stroke, unless a rule allows or demands otherwise (Rule 13-1).
• A player must not accept assistance in making a stroke (Rule 14-2).  This means no one can help when the club is in your hand!
• The condition of the ground or other parts of the course may not be altered to gain an advantage, except in some cases defined in the rules.  This mean no digging little ditches between the ball and the green or swiping at high grass with your club to get it out of the way of the ball.
• A ball may only be replaced by another during play of a hole if it is destroyed (Rule 5-3), lost (Rule 27-1), or unplayable (Rule 28), or at some other time permitted by the Rules. The player may always substitute balls between the play of two holes.

There are of course many other rules set out by the USGA, many of which are not important to amateur players out with friends but which of course can disqualify a professional from a tournament if he or she does not abide by those rules.

Etiquette

Did you know that when you bowl in a league, you’re not supposed to approach your lane at the same time as the bowlers in the lanes right next to you?  This is because any movement in their peripheral vision can distract them.  While this isn’t exactly a rule that can get you disqualified from tournament play, it is part of etiquette when playing the game.

There are many guidelines governing what is called golfing etiquette and these guidelines are meant to ensure the safety of the players, the fairness of the play, the pace of play, and the care of the course.  As an example, all players are expected to replace their divots, those chunks of sod that might come out when you hit a ball off the ground.  This will keep the course in good repair but will also keep another player from tripping in such a divot as well!

Other safety guidelines that fall under the rules of etiquette include not hitting the ball until the players in front of you are out of range and alerting other players if they are in the path of an incoming golf ball.  Players should not distract other players with noise of any kind and should keep up a good pace of play so as to not interfere with players behind them.

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