First Tee:
Common practice is to toss a tee in the air. The person to whom it points when it lands goes first. Repeat the process or the rest of the players. For formal tournaments, the order is usually decided by the tournament committee.

On other Tees:
If you're playing from different tee boxes, players playing from the farther box hits first. From the same set of tees, the order of play is decided by the scores from the previous hole, specifically, the player with the lowest score hits first, second lowest hits second. etc. II there are ties, scores are compared from the previous hole and so on.

Chipping:
Sometimes in a friendly game, a player who is off the green (while her companions are on the green) chips onto the green even if she is not away. This is done to speed up play.

Team Match Play:
Many matches are team matches, so that the best score on one two woman team is compared with the best score of the other team to determine the winner of a particular hole (and honors for the next tee). Regardless of my score, if my team won the last hole, my partner or I would hit first and second, and the other team would hit third and fourth.

"Ready Golf":
This was created to speed up play. If the player who's away is not ready when it's her turn, then one of the other players should play. Our league encourages this. It's courteous to inform the away player who's not ready of your intention to play before her.

Continuous Putting:
If a player's first putt hasn't gone into the hole but is closer than the other player's, she has the option of continuing to putt. It's considerate to inform the other players of your intention to do this. "I'll finish," is adequate. This speeds up play and is encouraged by our league.

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