How golf is played

The game of golf was first played in Scotland some 400 yrs ago. Players are required to hit a ball, using a wooden or iron club, from a smooth level point or “teeing ground”, down the “fairway”, and on to a putting green where the target hole is located. The fairway is a strip of clear land along which there are Natural hazards- Such as ponds and streams, Man-made hazards– such as bunkers (sandpits), and rough (areas of uncut rass). Championship golf courses have 18 holes. The object of the game is to hit the ball into each hole in turn, and to complete the “round” using as few trokes as possible. Playing a ball with a club from the teeing ground into the hole by a stroke of successive strokes in accordance with the rules. To play this game efficientl View the rest of this article