Updated: 04/01/2005

Three Rivers Singles Golf Club (TRSGC)

A Pittsburgh Singles Golf Organization

Fast Play Technique and Golf Etiquette

Golf is a game for Ladies and Gentlemen. A round of Golf reveals more about a person’s character than most other activities. Simple suggestions listed below will make the game enjoyable to you and the other members of your foursome.

Do not talk or move or engage in any distracting activities when a person is preparing to hit his/her shot.
Unless solicited or unless your name is David Leadbetter or Butch Harmon, do not give more than one golf tip per round.
Do not walk in the line of a person’s putt.
Stand behind the person who is hitting to avoid distracting him/her in any way..
At our skill level, do not stand anywhere in front of the person who is hitting.
Watch the shots of others. Yell “Fore” if there is any chance of the ball hitting anybody else on the course.
You should leave the golf course in the same condition or better condition after your round. Repair all ball marks, replace the divot and rake the sand traps.
Unless you reached double par or conceded the hole in match play, count all your strokes including your penalties. Can’t get better unless you know how good or how bad you are.
Throwing clubs, use of abusive language does not endear yourself to the members of your foursome.
Take your turn in tending the flag. None of us have caddies to tend the flag.

Fast Play

A round of Golf does not have to be five hours or longer. It is possible to have a relaxing round of Golf in four hours or less. This way, you have more time to socialize at the 19th hole!!!

On the Tee and Fairway

Be ready to hit as soon as it is your turn. Socializing can wait until you hit your shot.

Take a maximum of eight strokes on any fairway.

Reduce or eliminate practice swings.

Reduce or eliminate the use of cell phones.

Maintain silence when other members are hitting their shots. Conversation affects the hitter’s concentration leading to poor shot, resulting in taking more shots and more time.

Determine yardage before you arrive at your ball.

Select your club while approaching your ball.

If you can not take your cart or bag up to your ball, take a club for the yardage and one higher club. (How many times have you been long on your approach shot!)

You need to keep pace with the group in front of you and not stay just ahead of the group behind you.

Lost Ball

Watch the shots of others so you can help them locate their balls. It is easier to find the ball if you know the general area where the ball landed instead of searching the entire course.

If you can't find your ball within two minutes, wave the group behind you through.

Look for your ball alone. Let the rest of the group get ready to hit their shots.

Carry a spare ball. When in doubt, play a provisional ball.

Near the Green

Leave your cart or bag off to the side of the green and toward the next tee.

Putting

Line up your putt before it's your turn.

If your group gives you a "gimme," don't try to make it anyway.

Putt out (on short putts) rather than marking and waiting.

After finishing a hole, don't take practice putts.

Limit conversation on the green.

When everybody is on the green, the person closest to the whole should tend the flag.

The first person who putts out should tend the flag for others and put the flag in the hole on completion of the hole.

After completing a hole

Fill in your scorecard while walking to the next tee, not on the green.

Give instruction to your friends on the driving range or the practice green, not on the course.

Contact us at:

Telephone Hotline: 724-742-2061 or

E-mail: info@trsgc.com or write to

Three Rivers Singles Golf Club

P.O. Box 12862

Pittsburgh, PA 15241