{"id":15548586,"date":"2024-09-19T07:24:01","date_gmt":"2024-09-19T11:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/golf.com\/?post_type=article&p=15548586"},"modified":"2024-10-11T15:06:08","modified_gmt":"2024-10-11T19:06:08","slug":"8-ways-south-korean-golf-course-etiquette-differs-us","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/golf.com\/lifestyle\/8-ways-south-korean-golf-course-etiquette-differs-us\/","title":{"rendered":"8 ways South Korean golf course etiquette differs from the U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In South Korea\u2019s capital city you can barely walk a block without running into a neon-lit driving range or a jam-packed simulator joint.<\/em> Golf etiquette, too, is unlike what you’ll experience in the U.S. Below are eight big differences.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Etiquetteist: South Korea Edition <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

No. 1:<\/strong> At the country\u2019s high-end golf courses, caddies are de rigueur and, generally, female. Four bags are strapped along the back of a large cart, which carries all four golfers and typically stays on the cart path. Your caddie runs back and forth to retrieve whatever clubs you and your playing partners need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No. 2:<\/strong> In most cases, it\u2019s mandatory to book a foursome, and if you can only muster three players, you still pay for four.<\/p>\n\n\n

\n
<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n\n

No. 3:<\/strong> Caddies are often quite animated, and they genuinely cheer you on. They celebrate birdies, sometimes by placing a gold star on your scorecard, sometimes by attaching small, inexpensive charms \u2014 a butterfly, maybe, or a heart \u2014 to your driver headcover.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No. 4:<\/strong> Wagering is standard \u2014 sometimes only for caddie fees, but not many matches are played for pride or score alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No. 5:<\/strong> Between nines, there\u2019s a customary 20- to 30-minute break for a light sit-down lunch and (usually) a beer. It\u2019s not the prolonged mid-round meal you find in Japan, but it\u2019s not a quick turn either.<\/p>\n\n\n

\n
\n\n
\n
\n \n News <\/a>\n <\/div>\n \n \n \"The <\/a>\n <\/div>\n
\n
The Golf Fix(ation): Inside South Korea’s obsessive love of the game<\/a><\/blockquote>\n By:<\/span>\n \n \n Josh Sens <\/a>\n \n <\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n<\/section>\n\n\n

No. 6:<\/strong> Jumping ahead of a group is pretty much forbidden, even if they lag at the turn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No. 7:<\/strong> At one ultra-high-end course, eagles are commemorated with a personalized certificate, which is presented mere minutes after putting out on 18.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No. 8:<\/strong> While birdies and eagles are justly celebrated, holes in one will cost you. More than post-round drinks are on the line; elaborate meals and perhaps even a night on the town are as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the golf-obsessed nation of South Korea, golf etiquette is unlike what you’ll experience in the U.S. Here are eight major differences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":15548589,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"2024-09-19T11:24:05Z","apple_news_api_id":"b93f3d02-0e66-4e6f-8f32-56fe85009a27","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2024-09-19T11:24:05Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AuT89Ag5mTm-PMlb-hQCaJw","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false},"categories":[40],"tags":[3519,61404],"class_list":["post-15548586","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle","tag-etiquetteist","tag-golfmagazine"],"acf":{"art_author":[{"ID":14045818,"post_author":"235","post_date":"2016-10-09 13:44:40","post_date_gmt":"2016-10-09 17:44:40","post_content":"","post_title":"Josh Sens","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"josh-sens","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-03-01 10:29:29","post_modified_gmt":"2024-03-01 15:29:29","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.golf.com\/?post_type=golf_person&p=14045818","menu_order":0,"post_type":"contributor","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"art_source":"None","tee_time_button_status":false,"article_template":"standard","featured_image_caption":"In the golf-obsessed nation of South Korea, golf etiquette is unlike what you'll experience in the U.S.","featured_image_credits":"Getty Images","wsum-gated-content":false,"wsotp_enable_one_time_payment":false,"ad_meta":false},"apple_news_notices":[],"yoast_head":"\n8 ways South Korean golf course etiquette differs from the U.S.<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In the golf-obsessed nation of South Korea, golf etiquette is unlike what you'll experience in the U.S. Here are eight major differences.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/golf.com\/lifestyle\/8-ways-south-korean-golf-course-etiquette-differs-us\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"8 ways South Korean golf course etiquette differs from the U.S.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In the golf-obsessed nation of South Korea, golf etiquette is unlike what you'll experience in the U.S. Here are eight major differences.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/golf.com\/lifestyle\/8-ways-south-korean-golf-course-etiquette-differs-us\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Golf\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/golf\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-10-11T19:06:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/golf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/South-Korea-golf-ball.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1856\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1044\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@golf_com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"8 ways South Korean golf course etiquette differs from the U.S.","description":"In the golf-obsessed nation of South Korea, golf etiquette is unlike what you'll experience in the U.S. Here are eight major differences.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/golf.com\/lifestyle\/8-ways-south-korean-golf-course-etiquette-differs-us\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"8 ways South Korean golf course etiquette differs from the U.S.","og_description":"In the golf-obsessed nation of South Korea, golf etiquette is unlike what you'll experience in the U.S. Here are eight major differences.","og_url":"https:\/\/golf.com\/lifestyle\/8-ways-south-korean-golf-course-etiquette-differs-us\/","og_site_name":"Golf","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/golf\/","article_modified_time":"2024-10-11T19:06:08+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1856,"height":1044,"url":"https:\/\/golf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/South-Korea-golf-ball.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@golf_com","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/golf.com\/lifestyle\/8-ways-south-korean-golf-course-etiquette-differs-us\/","url":"https:\/\/golf.com\/lifestyle\/8-ways-south-korean-golf-course-etiquette-differs-us\/","name":"8 ways South Korean golf course etiquette differs from the U.S.","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/golf.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/golf.com\/lifestyle\/8-ways-south-korean-golf-course-etiquette-differs-us\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/golf.com\/lifestyle\/8-ways-south-korean-golf-course-etiquette-differs-us\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/golf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/South-Korea-golf-ball.jpg","datePublished":"2024-09-19T11:24:01+00:00","dateModified":"2024-10-11T19:06:08+00:00","description":"In the golf-obsessed nation of South Korea, golf etiquette is unlike what you'll experience in the U.S. Here are eight major differences.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/golf.com\/lifestyle\/8-ways-south-korean-golf-course-etiquette-differs-us\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/golf.com\/lifestyle\/8-ways-south-korean-golf-course-etiquette-differs-us\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/golf.com\/lifestyle\/8-ways-south-korean-golf-course-etiquette-differs-us\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/golf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/South-Korea-golf-ball.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/golf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/South-Korea-golf-ball.jpg","width":1856,"height":1044,"caption":"lose-up of a golf ball with the flag of South Korea realistically rendered in 3D."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/golf.com\/lifestyle\/8-ways-south-korean-golf-course-etiquette-differs-us\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/golf.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"8 ways South Korean golf course etiquette differs from the U.S."}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/golf.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/golf.com\/","name":"Golf","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/golf.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/golf.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/golf.com\/#organization","name":"golf.com","url":"https:\/\/golf.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/golf.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/golf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/GOLF_logoGREEN.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/golf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/GOLF_logoGREEN.png","width":2130,"height":628,"caption":"golf.com"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/golf.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/golf\/","https:\/\/x.com\/golf_com","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/golf_com","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/golf-magazine\/","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/golfdotcom\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCzdMqRWzdF0JUJRIVa-dgDw"]}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"is_gated":false,"authors":[{"name":"Josh Sens","url":"https:\/\/golf.com\/writers\/josh-sens\/"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/golf.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/15548586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/golf.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/golf.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/golf.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15548589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/golf.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15548586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/golf.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15548586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/golf.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15548586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}