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When you’re out on the course, be sure you have an understand of how the other golfers in your group want to play. Do they honor the preceding holes score, for instance, and let the best score tee off on the next hole. Or they let whoever’s ready tee off first. Believe it or not, you can offend strangers if you join their group and don’t play by their rules.

Besides the plaid pants, sweater vests, and other stereotypical golf apparel from lore, golfers are also best known for their obsession with quiet. It makes sense, however. When you’re putting your all into hitting a tiny ball with a long narrow stick, you need all of the concentration you can get. So even if you’re on the course with friends, observe the basic rule of keeping quiet during shots and standing out of the shooter’s direct line of vision.