Multiple factors usually influence playing Golf. These include the precipitation, temperature, and even how recently you mow the grass. However, the parts of the course do not change. Each hole on a golf course has five significant parts. It is important that new golfers understand all of these parts. That is why we at golfovernight.com have decided to list them for you. These parts are designed to make it a bit challenging for you to move from tee to the Green.

1. Tee Ground

A golfer plays their first shot from this well-mowed flat area. Every hole will have more than one tee ground. The color of the marker on the teeing ground will show you which one you will use. You can tee up the golf Ball anywhere between these two markers and two club lengths behind these markers.

2. Fairway

It is the short grass found between the green and the tee. It shows you the layout of the hole. Hitting the ball from a fairway is quite easy since there is no long grass to interfere with the shot. When there is a curve on a fairway, it is called the dog leg right or left.

Use colored markers to indicate the distance between the fairway and the green. In most cases, only key distance such 200 or 100 yards are marked. In some other instances, yardages are engraved on the sprinkler heads around the fairway.

3. Green

It is the putting surface with very short grass around the hole. The greens come in a wide range of sizes and gradient. Reading a green is the ability to predict where that ball will turn once you hit it. Factors that influence the green reading are the grass used, time of day and water. Once a ball lands on the green, you have to remove the flagstick before you play your next shot. Otherwise, if the ball hits the pins, you will earn a 2-stroke penalty. In some courses, it is common to use a colored flag to show whether the hole is in the back, middle or front of the green.

4. Rough

It is the section of the golf course around a fairway. It has long grass and all other types of vegetation. It is quite hard to play from the rough since the long grass keeps you from making a good shot. When in a deep rough, you should use a club with high loft to get yourself out of it.

5. Hazards

Hazards will add strokes to your score. There are water hazards and bunkers. Yellow stakes show water hazards. It is water between you and the green. If your ball goes into the water hazard, you can replay theshot or drop the golf ball as far back as you want to a line extending from the pin to where that ball crossed into the water. Whichever choice you make, there is a penalty stroke.

Red stakes mark a lateral water hazard; it borders the hole you are playing. In short, the ball does not have to cross it to get to the hole. If the ball ends up here, you can replay the shot or drop it to within two club lengths of where it crossed the hazard. You can also drop it to within two club lengths of a point opposite the hazard at an equal distance from this hole. You will still get a penalty stroke.

A fairway bunker is not marked using stakes. It is a pit in the fairway filled with sand. There are no penalty strokes. The green side bunker is a sand trap near the green. You will require a sand wedge and a different set up to get out.

In all situations, you are not allowed to put the club behind the ball before the shot. That is considered testing conditions and will earn you a 2-stroke penalty.

6. Out of Bounds

White stakes mark the edges of the golf course. Not all courses will have these boundaries. Sometimes you can play your wayward shot from the nearby pasture of field. However, these are not part of the field. However, yards from the houses found on a course are off limits.

When you hit out of bound, you will be required to replay the shot from the same spot and earn a penalty stroke.

7. Ground Under Repair

Sometimes, the golf course may not be in good condition for play. This condition occurs when the sprinklers need repair, or the bunker needs reworking. This area will have blue stakes marking it. When a ball lands in this area, you can drop it outside of the area without any penalty.

These are all the parts you can expect to find on a golf course. They are usually mixed around to make golf as interesting as possible.

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