Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Golf courses

Golf is a sport that is originally thought to have originated in Bruntsfield Links, in Edinburgh, Scotland. In this game, a player hits the ball into each hole using many different types of clubs by using a minimum number of strokes. It is a game that is not played on a standardized area, but instead it is played on golf courses, and each golf course may be different and unique from other golf courses.

A golf course will contain a chain of holes that are scattered around the ground. The course also consists of a fairway, teeing ground, rough, and other hazards that will act as obstacles, which the player has to overcome. Usually a basic round of golf will consist of 18 holes. But some golf courses also have nine holes, and the game is played in two rounds, or in some other courses there may be 27 or 36 holes and the player can choose two different sets of nine holes each and the game may be played.

The first section of every hole will consist of a small area known as the teeing box or the teeing ground. While some teeing areas are mostly as level as possible, others are raised slightly above the surrounding fairway. After the initial teeing, the player then again hits the ball from the place where it came to rest. The area that is in between the teeing ground and the putting green is known as the fairway. The putting green is the ground on which the player will putt, or play by hitting the ball with a putter. The grass in the putting green is cut very short. This is done to allow the ball to roll for a longer distance.

Also included on the golf courses are various hazards, which can be mainly of three types, water hazards like lakes or rivers, man-made hazards like bunkers or sand traps, and natural hazards that can be the dense vegetation on the golf course.

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