Spruce Needles Golf  Club

It’s no secret, a round of golf takes a long time. We want everyone to be off the course in an acceptable amount of time, so in order to help with this please review the following and pass it along to those in your group who might need a little pre-round prod!

Here are 8 Tips to Speed up Play:

1. Be early for your tee time. Proper pace of play begins with teeing off at the appointed time. Allow time for unloading your equipment, putting on your golf shoes, any desired practice or warm-up, purchasing any refreshments or balls and driving your cart to the first tee.

2. “Tee It Forward” unless you are consistently able to reach greens in regulation from the back tees. In other words, play from a set of tees that is comfortable for you – one where you are more likely to hit lofted irons into greens instead of hybrids or fairway woods. It is acceptable for players in the same group to play from different tees.

3. Be helpful to others in your group. Follow the flight of all tee shots, not just your own. Once in the fairway, help others look for their ball if you already know the location of yours. Volunteer to fill in a divot or rake a bunker for another player if needed. Be ready to attend the flagstick for others.

4. Plan your shot while walking to your ball or while others are playing. Carry extra tees, ball markers and an extra ball in your pockets so you never have to return to your bag to find one when needed.

5. Line up your putt when others are putting and be ready to play when it is your turn.

6. Play ready golf first on the tee hits, not first in the hole!

7. Walk directly to your golf ball; don’t follow others unless assisting in search.

8. When two players are riding in a cart, drive the cart to the first ball and drop off the first player with his choice of several clubs. The second player should proceed in the cart to his ball. After the first player hits his stroke, he should begin walking toward the cart as the second golfer is playing.