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25 articles tagged “competitions”.
Parents play a huge role in whether children love golf and stick with it. The best golf parents support, encourage and keep perspective; the worst add pressure that drives children away. Here's a…
Rules officials make golf competitions fair and run smoothly. They make rulings, set up courses, manage pace of play and help players understand their options. Most start as volunteers at club or…
Some of golf's biggest stories involve amateurs playing alongside professionals. While most professional events are for tour members, there are several routes for top amateurs to qualify or be…
Golf leagues offer regular, structured golf with the same group of players over a season. Many play nine holes on a weekday evening, making them perfect for busy golfers. They combine competition…
The club championship is the highlight of many golf clubs' calendars. It crowns the club's best golfer, often over several rounds or through match play, and usually includes handicap events so…
Competitive golf doesn't stop at 50. Many golfers play some of their best and most enjoyable competitive golf in later life, through seniors' sections, senior amateur championships, age-group events…
When professionals play a course, it rarely looks or plays like it does for everyday golfers. Greens are faster, rough is thicker, fairways may be narrower and pin positions more challenging. Club…
Modified Stableford is a variation of Stableford scoring that rewards birdies and eagles more heavily and penalises bogeys and worse. It encourages aggressive, attacking golf and has been used in…
Can you hit a few putts on the green you just finished? Can you chip a ball while waiting on a tee? Can you play the course before a competition on the same day? The rules on practice catch out many…
Golf has three main levels of penalty: one stroke, the general penalty (two strokes in stroke play or loss of the hole in match play) and disqualification. Knowing which applies in common situations…
Few things are more frustrating in golf than playing well and then being disqualified for a mistake you didn't know you'd made. Most disqualifications in club competitions come from a handful of…
Your Course Handicap tells you how many strokes you receive on a particular course. But in competitions, you often don't receive all of them. A handicap allowance, a percentage of your Course…
