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