Every golfer knows the basics: repair divots, rake bunkers, dress appropriately. But while you’re checking those boxes, you could be committing five violations that actually matter. The ones that get you uninvited from Saturday foursomes. The ones that spark confrontations on municipal courses and draw warnings even at the Tour level. The unwritten laws that separate golfers who understand the game from those who just play it.

These aren’t the rules you’ll find debated on online forums or dismissed as old-fashioned traditionalism. They’re the behaviors that courses enforce with rangers, that instructors teach first, and that golfers cite most frequently when asked what separates welcome playing partners from those who never get a second invitation.

1. Play ready golf—keep pace moving

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