The group you play a round with. In German golf this one word carries everything: tee time, pace of play, etiquette — and your most reliable practice partner.
In a German clubhouse, \"we've got a flight at quarter to ten\" simply means: we share a tee time. The word comes up constantly there and never gets explained — it is the group that sets off from the first hole together, is booked as one unit in the tee-time system, and keeps each other's scorecards. For a beginner it is more than vocabulary. A regular flight is the strongest motivational anchor this sport offers: an arranged round rarely gets cancelled, and better players hand you live feedback for free that no driving range can. The classic beginner mistake is practising alone out of embarrassment — without a flight you have neither role models nor feedback. And stay relaxed about pace: if you are searching for a ball, wave the group behind you through. That is not an admission of anything, it is good etiquette.