on course proceedure ?

[time_vans]

i understand the person furthest away from the pin goes next after teeing off but where do your partners stand? behind you(being furthest) at all times or next to their balls and wait for your shot persuming they are not in the firing line.is there a set rule ??

 

[brendy]

I think the etiquette is that to speed up play, players can make their way to their respective balls, as long as they are not stood in or near the farthest player from the greens intended line.

 

[time_vans]

am i free to take my shot as soon as i arrive at my ball or do i wait for my partners to reach theirs before taking my shot ? sorry for sounding thick but still a very raw novice !!

 

[brendy]

Basically wait until it is your turn, There should never be two shots being taken at the same time. What I do is walk on to my ball along the rough (if my shot is on the fairway) and think about what Im going to do, take in the wind etc and decide what to do, then Im able to select my club and hit it once the others have hit theirs.

 

[John_Findlay]

It's up to your playing partners to show you courtesy when you arrive at your ball, Tim. So they wait for you, not the other way round.

 

[madandra]

General etiquette means you let your playng partners mark their ball and offer to tend the flag if the furthest away player is struggling to identify the hole with the flag out. If you putt out first I would look for you to pick the flag up and pop it back in the hole when everyone has holed out.


Remember ....... NO GIMME'S in strokeplay !!!!!!!!


N.B.

Never stand on the green and fill in the scorecard please !

 

[Gasp]

When you reach your ball, if it's your turn to play, I believe you should be free to play (this keeps play moving) I think it's your partners responsibility to make sure they are still and not causing a distraction while you play. That's what I believe anyway.

 

[Gasp]

Obviousely that's on the fairway. If on the green then madandra's post is absolutely the correct procedure.

 

[time_vans]

many thanks guys.....not least for taking the time to reply to what must appear quite trivial questions.It will all become apparent over time i am sure. thanks again.

 

[viscount17]

madandra, isn't it the rule (in competition at least) that you have to ask to have the flag tended, it can't be offered?
On the general green etiquette issue I was taught that the one closest to the pin would mark his ball and tend the flag.

 

[USER1999]

My understanding of the rules on the green, is that if a guy is standing near the pin, he is automatically deemed to be tending it. Obviously, if no one is near the pin, then someone has to be asked.

 

[madandra]

I think it is common courtesy to say to your partner 'would you like the flag tended' before removing it and placing it on the ground. I do not know the exact rule, I thought it was just good manners.

 

[viscount17]

The rules are 17.1 and 17.2.

17-1. Flagstick Attended, Removed or Held Up
Before making a stroke from anywhere on the course, the player may have the flagstick attended, removed or held up to indicate the position of the hole.
If the flagstick is not attended, removed or held up before the player makes a stroke, it must not be attended, removed or held up during the stroke or while the player’s ball is in motion if doing so might influence the movement of the ball.
Note 1: If the flagstick is in the hole and anyone stands near it while a stroke is being made, he is deemed to be attending the flagstick.
Note 2: If, prior to the stroke, the flagstick is attended, removed or held up by anyone with the player’s knowledge and he makes no objection, the player is deemed to have authorised it.
Note 3: If anyone attends or holds up the flagstick while a stroke is being made, he is deemed to be attending the flagstick until the ball comes to rest.
(Moving attended, removed or held-up flagstick while ball in motion – see Rule 24-1)
17-2. Unauthorised Attendance
If an opponent or his caddie in match play or a fellow-competitor or his caddie in stroke play, without the player’s authority or prior knowledge, attends, removes or holds up the flagstick during the stroke or while
the ball is in motion, and the act might influence the movement of the ball, the opponent or fellow-competitor incurs the applicable penalty.
*PENALTY FOR BREACH OF RULE 17-1 or 17-2:
Match play – Loss of hole; Stroke play – Two strokes.
*In stroke play, if a breach of Rule 17-2 occurs and the competitor’s ball subsequently strikes the flagstick, the person attending or holding it or anything carried by him, the competitor incurs no penalty.The ball is
played as it lies, except that if the stroke was made on the putting green,the stroke is cancelled and the ball must be replaced and replayed.
17-3. Ball Striking Flagstick or Attendant
The player’s ball must not strike:
a. The flagstick when it is attended, removed or held up;
b. The person attending or holding up the flagstick or anything carried by him; or
c. The flagstick in the hole, unattended, when the stroke has been made on the putting green.
Exception: When the flagstick is attended, removed or held up without the player’s authority – see Rule 17-2.
PENALTY FOR BREACH OF RULE 17-3:
Match play – Loss of hole; Stroke play – Two strokes and the ball must be played as it lies.
17-4. Ball Resting Against Flagstick
When a player’s ball rests against the flagstick in the hole and the ball is not holed, the player or another person authorised by him may move or remove the flagstick, and if the ball falls into the hole, the player is
deemed to have holed out with his last stroke; otherwise, the ball, if moved, must be placed on the lip of the hole, without penalty.

The last one's interesting as I am sure this occurred in the Mercedes Benz recently and he had to replace the ball.