sgfgrover15
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We currently live in an area where the golf courses are few and far between and golf is just not something most folks do. Including us. We are moving to Florida where of course you can walk out your front door in just about any neighborhood and golf. The community we are moving to has plentiful golf.
My questions are I am sure obvious if you live in a golf world, but, I am a nervous nelly about anything new and I don't want us to be those people that folks swear about, roll their eyes at, etc. if we are in the way, taking too long, or God forbid head to the wrong hole.
Do we call a local golf course and asked for a lesson with rentals? Or wait til we get where we are going and take a lesson at the course we would play on?
If we lose our golf ball do we just leave it and move on? Or do we at least try to find it?
If we hit the grass instead of the ball and a clump flies through the air do we retrieve it and put it back or let the groundskeeper repair it properly?
Is it obvious how to get to the next hole? Are they numbered?
How do we know if we are supposed to golf 9 holes or 18? Do you take breaks or keep going til your done?
What happens if you have to go to the bathroom?
Is their etiquette about what courses you can play at and is it rude to take tee times that regulars use if the person making the schedules give it to us? Or do they save those times for regulars and give everyone else what is available?
Are you supposed to use a golf cart? And do people really use bag boys or is that just professionals?
Who at a golf course do you tip?
Yes I have spent alot of time thinking about this and I really want to try it before we say we don't golf. We may love it or we may hate it. But my nervousness of the unknown will definitely keep me from trying it.
My questions are I am sure obvious if you live in a golf world, but, I am a nervous nelly about anything new and I don't want us to be those people that folks swear about, roll their eyes at, etc. if we are in the way, taking too long, or God forbid head to the wrong hole.
Do we call a local golf course and asked for a lesson with rentals? Or wait til we get where we are going and take a lesson at the course we would play on?
If we lose our golf ball do we just leave it and move on? Or do we at least try to find it?
If we hit the grass instead of the ball and a clump flies through the air do we retrieve it and put it back or let the groundskeeper repair it properly?
Is it obvious how to get to the next hole? Are they numbered?
How do we know if we are supposed to golf 9 holes or 18? Do you take breaks or keep going til your done?
What happens if you have to go to the bathroom?
Is their etiquette about what courses you can play at and is it rude to take tee times that regulars use if the person making the schedules give it to us? Or do they save those times for regulars and give everyone else what is available?
Are you supposed to use a golf cart? And do people really use bag boys or is that just professionals?
Who at a golf course do you tip?
Yes I have spent alot of time thinking about this and I really want to try it before we say we don't golf. We may love it or we may hate it. But my nervousness of the unknown will definitely keep me from trying it.