| Anybody can learn to play golf because there | | | | Association will help a new golfer learn all |
| are golf courses strategically placed all | | | | about responsibilities. The player is |
| over the world. Playing golf by the rules | | | | responsible for using the right equipment, |
| established by the United States Golf | | | | practicing golf to achieve a definitive |
| Association might take some time to learn | | | | purpose, and learning the game well so that |
| because there is a required reading list | | | | they can one day offer some valuable advice |
| within those rules that pertain to every part | | | | to another golfer that is new to the game. |
| of the game of golf and these rules should be | | | | New golfers know too well about the jokes |
| read and understood in their entirety before | | | | played on newbie's because everyone laughs |
| a golfer buys anything. | | | | about them in the clubhouse after a day on |
| | | | the golf course is finished. |
| New golfers might not know how to use the | | | | |
| rule book from the United States Golf | | | | To effectively use the rules of golf, a |
| Association to their best advantage. They | | | | golfer must learn about the order of play and |
| might not know if they should learn the | | | | how to identify their own ball among many on |
| definitions to the game of golf first so that | | | | the golf course or even in a pond or a lake. |
| they can understand what the rule book says | | | | Most new players will learn very quickly |
| or if they should learn about the various | | | | about the difference between hitting a golf |
| specifications for each piece of golfing | | | | ball and striking it and they will most |
| equipment that they will use in a friendly | | | | certainly learn about marking a ball so that |
| game of golf anywhere in the world. | | | | play on the course can continue. |
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| Any golfer knows that there is a certain | | | | Some new golfers seem content to stay on the |
| etiquette used to play the game of golf. The | | | | putting green for the better part of a |
| game has been around for a very long time and | | | | morning until they realize that there are |
| gentlemen have refined the rules to ensure | | | | rules about the usage of putting greens and |
| that pure enjoyment comes from playing even | | | | the various fees for use that are applied |
| if the game does get quite competitive on the | | | | because someone chose to putt for an extended |
| professional golfing circuit. A new golfer | | | | period of time. It might have been cheaper |
| might want to learn about the clubs, irons, | | | | for the golfer to practice on a driving range |
| and most certainly the ball. | | | | for a morning or two until they got their |
| | | | golf game under control and knew how to |
| The rules of the United States Golf | | | | determine which way the wind blew. |