Basic Golf Rules for Beginners

Teeing Off

• Tee anywhere between the markers (not in front) and no more than two club-lengths behind the front edge of the markers

• Color differences in markers

Play it as it lies

• Can’t move, press down, or break anything growing except to fairly take your stance

Out of Bounds

• This applies to anywhere outside the boundary of the golf course

• Normally out of bounds is marked with a series of white post

• What if you hit out of bounds?

Lost Ball

• Provisional Ball

Free Drop

• When can you lift your ball and move it without penalty?

Unplayable Ball• Can deem a ball unplayable anytime

and anywhere, except in a water hazard

• Examples – ball up against a tree or under a bush

On the Putting Green

• What if you are putting and your ball strikes another ball or the flag?

• Marking your ball?

In the Rough

• What can you remove?

• When is there a stroke penalty?

Whiff

• Is a whiff considered a one stroke penalty stroke?

• Answer – Yes because you tried to strike the ball, it was considered in play.