[Indydealmaker]

Originally Posted by ajbrown

One rule I remember:



Oh wait, that was the tips for being a caddy

Because you are a beginner does not mean you will be slow. Google around for golf pace of play, lots of good information. Once you understand some basic etiquette about pace of play you should have no trouble. Here is an example:

http://golf.about.com/od/golfetiquet...paceofplay.htm

Get your feet wet on the executive courses. The big advantage there is if you feel you are holding up play, pick up your ball move it up the fairway. Since it is free, it does not matter.

Other tricks I have seen:

• Always use a tee even off the fairway until you feel confident hitting
• Pick up after double par
• Play a scramble with your wife. You each hit, select the best shot and you each hit from there.

You will be fine, learn etiquette, learn to play, enjoy the journey of the game.

Bravo! A reasonable proactive response. Golf is supposed to enjoyable. All too many golfers want to fly through the game so that they can go. . . where? The PGA has published that 4 to 4.5 hours for a country club type course is a normal speed (about 15 minutes per hole). See http://www.playgolfamerica.com/Graph...ng_to_play.pdf