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Common Golf Terms

Golf Tee – The wooden peg you place your golf ball on at the start of the hole.

The Rules of Golf

Golf has various rules and regulations that ensure a fair game is played and that the sport is competitive for all players. Check out the official rules of golf at the USGA website.

Common Golf Etiquette

Although golf is a competitive sport, there are general guidelines and etiquette that are expected to be followed on the course. While not found in the official rule book, these guidelines are expected to be followed at all golf courses, including our Deerfield Beach, Florida course.

What Is a Golf Handicap?

A golf handicap is a number that represents the skill level of a golfer. A golf handicap will vary from player to player and is based on previous scores achieved. The formula for calculating your golf score can change from year to year. You can find the latest handicap calculator on the official USGA website here.

What, When, and Where Are the Major Professional Golf Tournaments Held?

A great way to learn more about the game of golf is to watch the professionals. Watching professional players golf can also give you pointers on your own game and set an example for yourself. The major golf tournaments are as follows:

Put Your Golf Knowledge to the Test

Our Deer Creek Golf Course is open to the public, and to any and all golfers, from beginners to professionals. There are no handicap requirements to playing, and we only ask that you respect the golf etiquette outlined above. Check out our tee times and rates for our renowned course.

Part 1: What you need to know about clubs

No doubt, the right equipment always helps, but it's not as if you'll need to empty your savings account to get started. Instead, focus on finding the sort of equipment that will allow you to develop your imperfect skills with minimal expense.

Choose the right ball

Buy balls on a sliding scale based on how many you lose in a round. If you've never played before or lose two sleeves or more a round, buy balls that cost around $20 a dozen (if you can't decide between one brand over another, try putting a few to see how they feel coming off the putter face).

Part 2: Learning To Play

The hardest part about golf can be getting started. Ask yourself a few questions. First, why do you want to play? Is it for work or social reasons? Maybe then you need only some basic instruction and patient friends. Perhaps you're looking to jump in headfirst in hopes of getting better fast.

Part 3: Basic Shots You Should Know

There are parts of golf that will elude you your entire life, but certain fundamentals are essential. You have to be able to hit a driver off the tee with a fair amount of confidence. You have to be able to hit an iron off the ground, and get out of a greenside bunker.

Part 4: When you're ready for the golf course

So now that you've got some clubs and you've learned the basics of the golf swing, you're thinking about testing yourself on an actual golf course. Great, but it's not as if you should step right onto the same course the pros play.

Part 5: Etiquette

Congratulations! You've been invited out for a round of golf by a friend or a family member or (gulp) maybe even your boss. You're excited, but you're also petrified you might embarrass yourself because you're not quite sure of the protocol either on or off the course.

Part 6: Those Pesky Rules

Yes, it's true, the Rules of Golf is 182 pages long and understanding many of the game's 34 rules is important. But don't worry. Most golfers, including those guys who turned their noses up at playing with a newcomer like you, have very little knowledge of how to play the game correctly.

BACKGROUND

Many years ago, when I decided I was going to get into teaching, I had a lot of preconceptions about the golf swing, and how I thought it was supposed to work. Many of those ideas were completely wrong. I was actually pretty clueless about the golf swing, so I educated myself.

THERE IS BAD ADVICE EVERYWHERE

Today, I am not clueless about the golf swing. But many prominent people (with much larger audiences than me) unfortunately are. In turn, I often find myself getting frustrated when hearing those people discuss the swing. It makes me especially frustrated for the general golfing public.

GOLF IS HARD. MANY ARE MAKING IT EVEN HARDER

I see all sorts of golf tips and instructions given out on the range by teachers and range rats alike, and the simple fact is most of this advice leaves out one important concept:

THERE IS NO RIGHT WAY, BUT MANY WRONG WAYS

There is no exact “right” way to swing a club, and that makes it difficult too. Most people like to be told exactly what to do, as opposed to being told what not to do. I have been criticized for spending an inordinate amount of time on video telling people what not to do in the golf swing, as opposed to telling them exactly what to do.

HOW I TEACH GOLF

Here is how I focus on making my students better: I find the direction I think an individual should take her/his swing. Then I focus on 3 or 4 basic ideas that will get them there, and finally, figure out how to communicate those ideas to the student in different ways until they get it.

When or whether, a golfer should stop playing the game of golf?

Before writing this, I took a look around the internet myself to see if there were any useful articles somewhere else but to my mind – finding such suggestions as ‘when it’s not fun anymore’ or ‘when you can’t make 3 birdies in a row’ didn’t seem very helpful.

Is whether you are getting any enjoyment from the game at all

Which is something that I’m going to take a closer look at in How to decide whether you should give up playing golf – part two.

Common Golf Terms

• Golf Course Terms
  1. Golf Tee – The wooden peg you place your golf ball on at the start of the hole. 2. Golf Tee Box – The area in which you first play the ball at the start of the hole. 3. Fairway – The part of the golf course that leads to the green, usually where putting takes place. 4. The green – The soft, plush …
• Golf Scoring Terms
  1. Ace – A hole in one. 2. Eagle – 2 strokes under par. 3. Birdie – 1 stroke under par (sometimes called a double eagle). 4. Par – The standard number of strokes it should take to get the golf ball from the tee to the hole. 5. Bogey – 1 stroke above par. 6. Double Bogey – 2 strokes above par. …

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The Rules of Golf

Common Golf Etiquette

What Is A Golf Handicap?

What, When, and Where Are The Major Professional Golf Tournaments held?

Put Your Golf Knowledge to The Test