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How to Tend a Golf Flag on the Putting Green

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Tend a Golf Flag on the Putting Green
Tend a Golf Flag on the Putting Green

While on the putting green, it's not always easy for a player to see the hole. To help the player, another player typically will stand near the hole with a flag in the hole.

Difficulty: Easy
Instructions

Things You'll Need:

  • Golf Balls
  • Golf Clubs
  • Golf Flags
  • Putters
  • Golf Balls
  1. Step 1

    Notice the line from which the putt will be coming. The putting line is the estimated path the golf ball will travel from putter to hole.

  2. Step 2

    Stand at a distance from the hole so that your outstretched arm can reach the flagpole comfortably.

  3. Step 3
     

    Grasp the flagpole (also known as the pin) firmly.

  4. Step 4

    Avoid casting a shadow in the putting line.

  5. Step 5

    Stand as still as possible until the putt is hit.

  6. Step 6
     

    Remove the flag pin and walk away from the hole once the ball is in motion.

  7. Step 7
     

    Leave the flag on the putting green surface out of putting lines.

Tips & Warnings
  • To avoid having the pin stick in the bottom of the cup, lift the pin up a half-inch from the bottom of cup before signaling to the player that it's safe to putt.
  • It's considered good golf etiquette to offer to tend the flag.
  • If the flag is not tended and a putted golf ball strikes the flag stick, the person who putted incurs a two-stroke penalty.

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on 11/22/2005 On windier days, it's advisable to hold the pin at the flag to keep it from disturbing the player.

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on 11/22/2005 The first golfer that has their ball land on the green is responsible to retrieve or tend the pin.

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on 11/22/2005 The first player done putting should be the one who replaces the flag after all of the other players are done.

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