Golf Courses Safety and Etiquette Safety is a priority The City of Calgary Course Operations is committed to the prevention of injuries while fostering good relations between customers and on-course staff. We need your help to ensure a safe environment for you and our workers. Worker safety and you Maintenance equipment and workers have the right-of-way. A maintenance worker may not be aware of your location or may be wearing hearing protection. Make every effort to get the worker’s acknowledgment prior to making your shot. Yelling fore or waving will usually get the worker’s attention. When maintenance equipment or workers are in range of your next shot, these are the procedures you need to know. Fairways, sand traps On the green: and apron immediately  Do not hit onto the green surrounding greens: if the flagstick is out. The  Maintenance equipment mower will cut half the and workers have the right- green and return the of-way. flagstick. Once the worker is  The equipment operator out of the way, it is then safe will stop the machine and to hit on to the green. wait for your shot. If there Golfers may be held seems to be a delay or responsible for any personal confusion, the worker will injury or damage to wave for play to continue. equipment and property (City * This does not apply to owned or privately owned) rough mowers or box as a result of not adhering to maintenance. these safety procedures.

 If at any time you or another member of your group loses Safety tips control or sight of a shot, warn for you: others by shouting, fore.  If you hear someone yell fore, take appropriate steps to protect yourself as quickly as possible. Golf etiquette These golf etiquette tips are standards of conduct for all golfers while on any course, and also will help to speed up play. Pace of play: On the fairways:  Keep within one stroke  Move to your ball quickly. of the group directly in front  Decide on your shot and of you. make your club selection  Always hit a provisional as you approach your ball. ball if there is a chance  Limit yourself to two that your ball is lost or practice swings. out of bounds.  Assist fellow players  No more than 4 playing by watching where their golfers in a group. ball goes to avoid losing On the tee: golf balls.  Once you reach double  Keep carts and golf bags on any hole, pick up your off the tee box and greens. ball and proceed to the green.  Warm up with practice swings before stepping onto the tee.  Have your club selection Golf etiquette video ready. Check out our golf  Limit yourself to two etiquette and safety practice swings. videos, which will  Short distance hitters familiarize you with should tee off first. golf terminology,  Replace all divots (from etiquette and other practice swings also). aspects of the game.  Clean the tee deck of calgary.ca/golf broken .

 Always stand well behind Play at your own risk! The the person hitting their ball. City of Calgary will not provide  Know your clubs. Take the weather warnings of any kind time to know how far you prior to or during inclement tend to hit a ball with each weather. In the event of club in your bag. lightening or other weather related circumstances, it is your  Do not hit until the group responsibility to quickly get to a ahead is safely out of range. safe location or leave this course. (Etiquette con’t.) On the green: On the course:  Park pull carts and power  Do not hunt for golf balls carts to the side or back of that are not your own. the green in the direction of  Replace divots, rake sand next tee before putting. traps and repair ball marks.  Repair your own and  Abide by directional signs someone else’s ball mark. and the requests of golf  Do not step in someone course staff. else’s line (their ball’s path  Limit practicing on tee to the hole). boxes or putting surfaces.  Lay the flagstick on the  Do not hit a ball out of green away from the areas marked “ground under putting area. repair.” Move your ball out  Line up your putt while of the area, without others are putting out. and then make your shot.  To speed up play on  Limit your search for lost the green, try continuous golf balls to two minutes. putting. Once you start, continue until Power and pull carts: you hole out.  Keep all pull carts and  Take your ball out of the power carts off tee boxes, cup immediately after sinking out of sand traps. your putt.  Power carts should be  Do not use your kept 30 feet from the edge to remove the ball from of greens. the cup.  Keep power carts on  Replace the flag and move paths or in the rough where quickly off the green. Record possible. your score at the next tee.  Stay out of wet areas.

Authority

 Marshals and staff have the authority to enforce golf pace of play, facility policies and procedures.  Golf Marshals are available to assist you with golf etiquette and safety awareness.  Individuals may be held responsible for any personal injury, damage to equipment and property (City owned or privately owned) when using this facility.

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