The Golfer's Code: A Guide to Customs, Manners, and Gamesmanship on and Off the Golf Course

This wonderful book fills the same position as the national best-selling Harvey Penick books. The Golfer's Code provides a definitive guide to golf's indigenous and previously unpublished protocol. Unlike any other sport, golf calls upon its participants to follow an unwritten code of conduct and behavior. Finally, this unwritten code of golf has been written.The Golfer's Code is the definitive guide to customs, manners, gamesmanship, and conduct both on and off the golf course. Topics include:
-- Golf with a caddie
-- The role of the guest
-- Golf's sacred and profane customs
-- Golf and business
-- Tee to fairway to greenIntended for pros and novices, men and women, the golfer will never question what the correct action or procedure is with this book as a reference. David Gould breaks new ground in setting down all the things one can do to enjoy golf properly. He covers mundane yet important topics such as:
-- How to make a proper foursome
-- How to arrange a wager on the first tee
-- How to correct a wayward partner or opponent
-- Golf cart etiquette
-- Playing speed"The Golfer's Code should be required reading for every new golfer and many older ones. It can go a long way in refurbishing the honesty and courtesy that make golf something quite apart from other sports". -- Jack Whitaker Television Golf Analyst From the Foreword