The essence of golf must not be lost in a world where change outpaces perspective and winning is more important than honor. Keepers will improve and expand golf's traditions and seek ways they can be spread throughout wider life. We want to ensure what gentle men and women learned in the past remains available for golfers today and tomorrow. More than most other games, golf has long been associated with honesty, good manners, and high standards of behavior. Golf should cherish that reputation and do all it can to keep it.
Golf etiquette is part of it.
So are the basic character building elements of playing the ball as it lies and accepting the occasional bad bounce of the ball. Many golfers feel this way and fear golf declining like many other sports. Few, however, are doing something about it Keepers of the Game is different. We are leading the way to ensure golf's best traditions are retained in a fast changing world. Good manners must be universal.