| While golf has been quite a popular game throughout | | | | strict rules. |
| the world, there are still many people who have no | | | | A golf player uses clubs to hit balls. Players can bring |
| idea what the game is really about. Some people | | | | up to fourteen different types of clubs in a game. |
| even dismiss it as a stupid sport where people hit | | | | The general types of clubs are woods - used for |
| balls just to follow them endlessly. People are quite | | | | long shots that require the travel of the ball at great |
| alienated with the game because many consider it as | | | | distances, irons - used for shots that require more |
| a sport of the elite, and thus are intimidated by it. | | | | precision than power, and putters - used for playing |
| Golf is actually a sport where teams or individuals try | | | | in the green. Specialized clubs include wedges - irons |
| to make a ball get into a hole by hitting it with a club | | | | that are used for shorter shots, and hybrids - |
| within terrain. The game originated from Scotland and | | | | combinations of the precision of irons and the power |
| has been a popular sport in the British Isles for more | | | | of woods. The golf ball has a diameter of at least |
| than five centuries. The oldest existing course can be | | | | 42.67 millimeters and a mass of no more than 45.93 |
| found in Musselburgh, the Old Links where the game | | | | grams. The golf ball has around 300 to 400 dimples |
| has been played since 1672. Fairly recently this | | | | on its surface, which are useful for the ball's |
| popular belief of golf's origins has been contested by | | | | movement in the air. |
| Chinese professor Ling Hongling of Lanzhou | | | | Golf balls often have two to four layers made from |
| University, who acquired some evidence that a similar | | | | synthetic materials. Golf carts are used as optional |
| game has been played in China during the Tang | | | | modes of transportation through long courses. The |
| Dynasty, which was more than half a century before | | | | equipment used by players are placed in golf bags. |
| the game first came into play in Scotland. While this | | | | Players wear special golf shoes that have spikes or |
| may be true, the game as people know today is | | | | plastic claws on their soles to maximize foothold on |
| more similar to the one played in Scotland. | | | | the green. Golfers often wear gloves to prevent |
| A game of golf occurs in a wide piece of land called | | | | blisters on their hands. Tees are used to position balls |
| the course. In the course, a series of holes is dug. | | | | during the first stroke of each hole. A score card is |
| Usually there are 9 to 18 holes in a golf course. Some | | | | used to keep a record of the game. |
| people mention of a nineteenth hole, but that is just | | | | There are many other things to learn about golf such |
| the slang for the bar or grill where players go to | | | | as the rules of the game, handicap systems, |
| after a game. Each player makes his first stroke on | | | | different techniques in putting, and so on. Luckily |
| the tee, a specially tended part of the course where | | | | there are many books and magazines devoted to |
| the ball is first launched, and then makes the | | | | golf and most are available in local bookstores and |
| necessary successive stroked from the fairway - | | | | magazine kiosks. There are also numerous of online |
| places in the course that are conducive for playing, or | | | | golf resources on the internet. |
| from the rough - places in the course that are more | | | | Golfing can be a great pastime and a worthwhile |
| difficult to play in. Holes may have hazards which | | | | activity for people of different backgrounds and |
| could be filled with water or sand, certain | | | | ages. With a good grasp of what is to know about |
| consequences are required for players who land their | | | | golf, the game can simply be a joy to play. |
| balls into hazards, these consequences are based on | | | | Khieng 'Ken' Chho - Online Golf Resources. |