All golfers should exercise good judgement while walking of riding by avoiding:

• worn, thin turf areas in order to allow recovery,
• wet areas where traffic will increase rutting and soil completion,
• wired turf areas under severe drought stress, and
• roped-off areas and similar sites where the ground is under repair. 
• The route of walking or traveling the golf course should be varied, especially around tress and greens. This will distribute traffic wear and soil compaction effects, thus minimizing damage to the turf. Taking the shortest route in the key sites results in bare, compact paths. The golfer should remember that one of the goals of play is the physical exercise and enjoyment of the aesthetic setting of green grass and trees.
• The ball should always be played as it lies, as this was the way the game was intended to be played from the beginning.
• Observing good golf turf etiquette and being thoughtful of the course and other people while playing the game not only increases the golfer's pleasure, but also can yield in financial savings in course maintenance. A lost spike from a shoe, which should have been tightened, can necessitate costly repairs to the delicate, complex mowers now used in golf course maintenance.
• Cleaning up litter and repairing turf damage caused by thoughtless golfers can run into many dollars during a full golfing season. Each golfer has a responsibility to the club, to the employees, and to the fellow golfers to use the facilities properly. This responsibility is as much an attitude as anything else and is established by example from the leadership. Additional aids involve the posting of information on proper ball mark repair, divot replacement, and similar golf etiquette, and making available a supply of ball mark repair implements in the Golf Shop.
• Finally, pride of individual golfers in maintaining the turf well can further enhance a quality golf course by ensuring that it is groomed, free of litter and the sand in bunkers are properly raked. 

Care of the Course

Holes in Bunkers
Before leaving a bunker, a player should carefully fill up and smooth over all holes and footprints made.

Replace Divots; Repair Ball Marks and Damage by Spikes
Through the green, a player should ensure that any turf cut or displaced is replaced at once and pressed down, and that any damage to the putting green made by a ball is carefully repaired. Damage to the putting green caused by golf shoes spikes should be repaired upon completion of the hole.

Damage to Greens: Flagsticks, Bags, etc.
Players should ensure that, when putting down bags or the flagstick, no damage is done to the putting green and that neither they nor their caddies damage the hole standing close to it, in handling the flagstick or in removing the ball from the hole. The flagstick should be properly replaced in the hole before the players leave the putting green. Players should not damage the putting green by leaning on their putters, particularly when removing the ball from the hole.

Golf Carts:
Ropes and directional signs regulating the movement of golf carts should be strictly observed.

Damage through practice swings
In taking practice swings, players should avoid causing damage to the course, particularly to the tees, by removing divots.