Etiquette and scoring
Ready when: nothing needed.
What you are learning
The manners of golf (where to stand, keeping quiet, caring for the course, keeping up) and how to keep a score card. On a real course, etiquette is as important as the shots.
Words on this card Club, Hole, Stroke, Putt, Divot, Etiquette, Score card
- Club
- The stick used to hit the ball. A set has clubs of different lengths and angles.
- Hole
- The hole in the green, with a flag standing in it.
- Stroke
- Each hit of the ball. Each one counts 1.
- Putt
- A gentle stroke that rolls the ball along the green.
- Divot
- A piece of turf cut out by a swing; it is put back and pressed down.
- Etiquette
- The manners of golf: quiet, safety, care of the course and keeping up.
- Score card
- The card where each player's strokes are written for every hole.
Show it first for the one teaching
- Stand to the side of and behind a player who is about to putt, and stay still and quiet.
- Show a score card: one column per player, one row per hole.
- After a hole, say your strokes aloud and write them in.
Your part while they practise
Play with the child; keep the other player's score.
Step by step
- Where to stand: behind the line, out of the swing.
- Keep quiet when others swing.
- Replace divots and keep up with the group.
- Keep each other's score.
How much: 5 holes 10 min a session once a week
Say one thing Pick one line from "What you will see" for today and say only that.
The game: Our own course
The children design a small putting course and play it, keeping each other's score.
Who plays: 2 or more players against each other.
How to play, turn by turn
- Turns
- Design 5 holes round the room or lawn: a mug, a box, a gap between books
- Take turns to putt; the player furthest from the hole goes first
- Each player keeps another player's score
- Add up after 5 holes
- Fair play
- A grown-up putts with one hand.
- Points
- 1 point for each stroke; the lowest total is best.
- Fouls
- Add 1 penalty point
- Talking or moving while someone putts
- Standing in front of the player
- A wrong score written down
- Winning
- The lowest total after 5 holes.
- 20 points or fewer for 1 star
- 15 points or fewer for 2 stars
- 11 points or fewer for 3 stars
Easier or harder
Three holes.
Nine holes.
What you will see, and what to say
- the child throws a club
Never throw a club, ever
Clubs are put down. - they stand in front of the hitter
Stand behind the line
Out of the swing and the ball's path.
Self-check
The child records a score for each hole and names 3 etiquette rules.
Fitness for this
Warm up first: how to warm up, at workonfitness.com. For strength and stretching, its exercise library shows each exercise step by step, with an easier version.
This card trains etiquette, scoring.
Basic is done when the child meets the self-checks on b1 and b2 and can keep a score.
awiseathlete.com/sports/golf/golf-b4