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Beginner Golf

Guides for the first year: what to bring to a first round, the etiquette that matters and the etiquette that doesn’t, how to read a scorecard, which clubs a beginner genuinely needs, and how long a round takes so you can plan a life around it. Written for adults starting late and for parents bringing a kid along. No gear sales pitch, no swing theory rabbit holes. Just the things experienced golfers wish someone had told them in the first month.

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Beginner Golf 44 min read

Golf terms: the glossary

Every golf term a beginner meets in the first year and a 10-handicap still argues about, defined in a sentence or three, with the distance vocabulary most glossaries skip.

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Distance to the green. Nothing else.

One number, from where you stand to the center of the green. Live on your Lock Screen.

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