- Plan your shot while walking to your ball or while other are playing.
- Line up your putt when others are putting.
- Be ready to play when it is your turn.
- Walk briskly between shots.
- Walk directly to your golf ball; don’t follow others unless assisting in a search for a lost ball.
- Don’t step off or measure yardage for every single golf shot; develop an “eye” for distance.
- Be efficient with pre-shot routine.
- Take only one practice swing.
- Play a provisional ball if you think the original might be lost outside a water hazard or out of bounds.
- Leave your clubs on the side of the putting green towards the next tee.
- Exit the putting green promptly after holing out.
- Don’t look back to see where you are in relationship to the group behind you. Always look ahead to see where you are in relationship to the group ahead of you.
- Play ready golf. If the player who is out isn’t ready to play and you can–without endangering or disrupting anyone–play away.
- After holing out, don’t tally your score while standing on the green. Move to the next tee, then do the math while waiting for other to play.
- If you can help another player speed up play, please do so. Rake their footprints in the bunker, help them watch their shot so they know where to look.
- An 18-hole round of golf should never take more than 4 1/2 hours to complete.
