PACE OF PLAY - 9 holes are to be played in 2 hours or less. Golfers are responsible for ensuring that this pace is maintained. Tips for faster play include:
If you prefer not to drive a cart or keep score, ask your partner to be the driver. You can let the cart barn staff know. The cart barn staff will gladly adjust your bags.
Arrive at the clubhouse 30 minutes before your tee time. Tee off on time.
Plan your next swing - Be thinking of which club you may use as you drive up to your ball.
Play "ready golf" and keep up with the group in front of you. If you are golfing ahead of a player in stroke play, be sure that others are aware you are hitting. If a player is raking a bunker, it might be a good time for others to take a shot.
GPS - Pull the golf cart alongside your ball to get the correct yardage to the pin. You can do this as another player is getting ready to hit her ball unless you are directly in her line. Always be aware of when others are hitting the ball.
Park your golf cart past the green so you do not have to walk back to the cart or around a bunker. The passenger can take her clubs needed to chip and putt. If the passenger is already on the green, and the driver is not, perhaps the passenger can pull the cart up.
Try keeping the flagstick in, or place the flagstick and extra equipment between the hole and the parked golf carts for a quick exit.
Move to the next tee promptly - avoid putting your clubs away until you get to your ball or to the next tee box and enter scores at the next tee box.
Avoid talking or other distractions as players are getting ready to hit the ball. Also, avoid talking on the green after players are finished holing the ball. Exit the green promptly.
Pick up when you have reached your maximum score. MAXIMUM STROKES PER HOLE - To keep things fair and maintain accurate handicaps, there's a limit to how many strokes you can post on a hole — even if you take more. To keep pace of play, pick up when you have reached your maximum number of strokes.
Here is how it is calculated: We use the Net Double Bogey rule: Par of the Hole + 2 + any handicap strokes you get on that hole. The dots on your scorecard tell you how many handicap strokes you get on each hole. Example: If the scorecard shows you have 2 dots on a par 4 hole, your maximum score for the hole is 8.
If you reach your max score, just pick up and write down the max allowed. This keeps things moving and still counts toward your handicap.