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Golf is an
exciting sport and a popular form of recreation. A golf tournament, may attract
thousands of fans who watch skilled professionals or amateurs play. Many people
enjoy the exercise and friendly competition of playing golf with friends on a
beautifully landscaped course.
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Golf is an exciting sport and a popular form of
recreation. A golf tournament, may attract thousands
of fans who watch skilled professionals or amateurs play. Many people enjoy the
exercise and friendly competition of playing golf with friends on a
beautifully landscaped course.
An 18-hole golf course might be designed as
shown in the above diagram. Play at each hole begins at the tee, indicated
above by a number in a square. A fairway leads to the green, marked with a
number in a flag. Obstacles include sand traps and water hazards.
Golf is a club and ball sport in which
players use various clubs to hit balls into
a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible.
Golf is one of the few ball games that
do not require a standardized playing area. The game is played on a course with
an arranged progression of either nine or 18 holes. Each hole on the course
must contain a tee box to start from, and a putting green containing
the actual cup. There are other standard forms of terrain in between, such as
the fairway, rough, and hazards, but each hole on a course is unique in its
specific layout and arrangement.
Golf is played for the lowest number
of strokes by an individual, known as stroke play,
or the lowest score on the most individual holes in a complete round by an
individual or team, known as match play.
Stroke play is the most commonly seen format at all levels.
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Major Golf Tournaments: U.S. Open, Masters Tournament. PGA Championship, U.S. Women's Open, Ladies British Open, and LPGA Championship
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Basic golf club
A golf ball has a
dimpled cover to add accuracy and distance
to its flight. Two types of balls
are manufactured—two-piece, left, and wound, right.
Woods are used by golfers
when they want to hit the ball a long distance. Golfers use the driver to tee off. They use the
other woods for shots from the
fairway.
The greater loft (angle of the clubface)
gives iron shots more height but less distance than
wood shots. The greater the loft, the higher and shorter the shot. Skilful
golfers can put backspin on iron shots, which stops the ball when it lands on
the green. Golfers then tap the ball with the putter to roll it into the hole.
Golf Terms
Birdie. A score of one under par
on a hole.
Bogey. A score of one above par
on a hole. A double bogey is two over par and a triple bogey is three over par.
Eagle. A score of two under par
on a hole.
Handicap. A method of equalizing competition by
allowing a certain number of strokes to a golfer competing against a more
skilful player. The handicap is computed from a golfer's previous scores.
Hole-in-one, also called an ace. This rare score occurs when the golfer's tee shot goes into
the hole.
Lie is the position in which the ball lies on the course after a
stroke. An unplayable
lie
exists when the ball's position makes it impossible to hit.
Golf stars of the
1950's and 1960's helped make the sport popular throughout the world. Patty
Berg, left, was
the leading woman golfer of her time. Well-known men golfers included Ben Hogan,
Gary Player, Arnold Palmer, and Sam Snead.
Golf stars of yesterday include Laura
Davies of the United Kingdom, Nick Price of Zimbabwe, Ernie Els of South
Africa, and Liselotte Neumann of Sweden. All four have won major professional
tournaments.
GOLF is an outdoor sport in
which a player attempts to hit a small, hard ball into a hole in as few hits as
possible. Players hit the ball with one of several kinds of long, slender golf
clubs. The kind of club depends on the ball's location and distance from the
hole. Golf is played on a course that normally is divided into 18 units, also
called holes, of varying lengths and
difficulty.
Golf
is one of the most popular outdoor sports in the world. Millions of men, women,
and children play golf as an individual or team sport. Millions more enjoy golf
as a form of recreation and exercise. Golf is also a popular spectator sport,
attracting thousands of fans to tournaments. Millions more may watch
tournaments on television.
Golf
courses have no regulation length or shape, but most consist of 18 holes
numbered 1 to 18. Playing all 18 holes makes up a round of golf. On courses
that have only nine holes, each hole is played twice for a round.
An
18-hole course averages about 55 hectares. Each hole includes a tee, a fairway, a green, and often one or more hazards. For the layout of a
typical golf course, see the diagram in this article. Courses for men generally
range from about 5,900 to 6,400 metres in length. This distance is the total
length from the tees to all 18 holes. Courses are shortened for women by positioning
the ladies'tee closer to the hole.
A
golf course contains a mixture of par 3, par 4, and par 5 holes. A player
achieves a par score by hitting the ball from the tee into the hole in a
certain number of strokes, usually 3,4, or 5. A typical par 3 hole measures up
to 229 metres, a par 4 from 230 to 430 metres, and a par 5 measures at least
431 metres.
Most
courses are laid out in a loop that brings the golfer back to a point near the
first tee at the end of each nine holes. The holes are arranged so that players
are relatively safe from balls hit by players on another hole. Golfers shout
the traditional warning "Fore!" to alert other golfers that a shot is
about to be hit or that a ball has been hit in their direction.
The
tee. Each golf hole begins at
the tee, a small flat area from which the golfer takes the first stroke, or shot. This stroke is sometimes called a drive. Before hitting the ball, the golfer places it on a wooden
or plastic peg that is also called a tee. The peg may only be
used on the tee. After the tee shot, the golfer must hit the ball as it lies on
the course.
The
fairway is a stretch of closely
mowed grass that extends from the tee to the green. The fairway may be a straight
path to the green or it may be laid out at an angle, called a dogleg. The fairway is designed to give the golfer the clearest
route to the green.
Golfers
who hit their ball outside the fairway land in the rough. This area borders each side of the fairway. The rough has
higher grass and may include bushes and trees.
The
green is an area at the end of
the fairway. The green is covered with special grass that is mowed very
closely. It contains a hole 10.8 centimetres in diameter and at least 10
centimetres in depth. A movable marker called the flagstick or pin is placed in the hole
to show its location.
Play
on the hole is completed when the golfer hits the ball into the hole. The
number of strokes the player takes to hit the ball into the hole becomes the players
score for that hole. The player normally takes progressively shorter shots
from the tee to the green. Once on the green, the golfer putts (rolls) the ball into
the hole with a club called the putter. The surface of the green is usually
gently sloped, and the golfer should allow for the slope when putting.
Hazards are obstacles placed throughout the course to make play more
difficult. Golfers try to avoid them. Hazards include bunkers and water hazards. Bunkers are depressions in the ground. If they contain sand
they are called sand traps. Water hazards include
ponds and streams. If the ball lands in a water hazard, the golfer may hit it
out if the ball is playable. Otherwise, the golfer lifts it out by hand or
plays another ball, adding an extra stroke to the score as a penalty.
The equipment
A
golfer's main equipment consists of the ball and a set of clubs. Each club is
designed to play a particular type of stroke or to hit the ball a certain
distance. Some clubs are used to hit the ball along a steeply curved path;
other clubs give a nearly straight path.
Golf
balls used in competition
throughout the world can weigh no less than 45.9 grams and must measure at
least 4.27 centimetres in diameter.
There are
two types of balls, wound and two-piece. Wound balls are made of thin rubber thread wound
tightly around a core. The core may be solid rubber, or a sac filled with water
or another liquid. Wound balls are softer and take more spin, allowing skilful
golfers more control of the ball's flight. Two-piece balls have a solid core
with no rubber thread. They are harder and more popular with less skilful
golfers. Both types can be covered with rubber or synthetic material. The cover
has numerous tiny depressions called dimples that increase the
ball's distance and accuracy.
Golf
clubs are slender tubes,
usually of steel, with a grip
at one
end for the golfer to hold and a head at the other for
striking the ball. There are two types of clubs: woods and irons. Woods have a large, thick head made of a solid block of
wood or of laminated wood. But some woods may have hollow metal heads. Players
use woods for the longest shots. Irons have much thinner, bladelike heads of
steel. They provide less distance than woods but more accuracy. Although it is
sometimes considered an iron, the putter is usually sold separately. Most club
shafts are made of steel. Shafts of such materials as aluminium, fibreglass,
graphite, and graphite and steel are also available. In golfs earliest days,
shafts were often made of ash, and later of hickory.
Woods
and irons are usually numbered from 1 to 9. The higher the number of the club,
the greater is the loft (slope) on the face (front of the head). Each club has a
different vertically angled loft. The greater the loft, the higher and shorter
the ball will travel.
The
No. 1 wood, also called the driver, has the least amount of loft of any club
except the putter. It also hits the ball the farthest. The driver is used off
the tee. Professional golfers and top amateurs will average about 230 metres
on a drive. Other woods, called fairway woods, are used for long shots
off the fairway. Fairway woods include the No. 2 (rarely used today), No. 3,
No. 4, and No. 5 woods. Professional golfers usually do not carry woods beyond
No. 5.
The
loft on an iron ranges from the No. 1 iron, which has the least amount, to No.
9, which has the most.
Other
irons include the pitching
wedge
for short, accurate shots, and the sand wedge, for shots from sand traps. Most golfers
carry both wedges.
Golfers
may carry a maximum of 14 clubs during a round. Golfers are free to choose
their own set. By the mid-1980 s, the set used by professional or top amateur
golfers consisted of a driver, a No. 3 wood, and either a No. 4 or No. 5 wood,
No. 2 iron to No. 9 iron, the two wedges, and a putter. When a No. 1 iron is
included, one of the fairway woods is usually left out.
Golf
competition
The
game of golf is played in two basic ways — match play and stroke play.
Match
play. In match play, one
golfer or team plays against one or more others. The player or team hitting the
ball into the hole in the fewest number of strokes wins that hole. The player
or team winning the most holes wins the match. The score is determined by the number
of holes won. For example, a player who is "2 up" has won two holes
more than the opponent. A match is decided when a golfer leads by more holes
than there are holes left to play. If both golfers or teams make the same score
on a hole, that hole is said to be halved. If the two are tied at
the scheduled end of the match, it is halved and play may continue. Then the
player or team who first wins a hole wins the match. Stroke play. In stroke play, the winner is the golfer who
takes the fewest number of total strokes to complete a competition. Most
professional tournaments use stroke play for a total of 72 holes (four rounds).
Ties are broken by a playoff. In most tournament playoffs, the tied golfers
play until one scores lower on a single hole. Some ties are settled by an
18-hole playoff.
Tournaments. A group of four
competitions is recognized as the modern "Grand Slam” of golf for men.
These tournaments, in order of play, are the Masters Tournament, the United
States Open, the British Open, and the Professional Golfers' Association of
America (PGA) Championship. The two open tournaments are open to
both professional and amateur golfers. Both may also be invited to the Masters
Tournament. The PGA sponsors its tournament for professionals only. Leading competitions for women golfers include the U.S. Women's Open and the LPGA (Ladies
Professional Golf Association) tournaments.
Most
countries have amateur competitions for youths and adults. One of the best
known international competitions for professionals is the Ryder Cup match, in
which an American team plays against a combined team from the United Kingdom
and other European countries. The match is played every two years, and its site
alternates between the United States and Europe.
History
Beginnings. Some authorities trace
golf back to a Roman game called paganica, played with a bent
stick and a leather ball stuffed with feathers. Other historians trace golf to
a Dutch game called het kolven, a French and Belgian
game called chole, a French game called jeu de mail, and an English game called cambuca. But most believe golf probably developed into
the game as we know it in Scotland.
The
Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers in Edinburgh, Scotland, is often
recognized as the first organized golf club. It was established in 1744. The
club set down the first written rules of the game. The Royal and Ancient Golf
Club of St. Andrews was founded in 1754 as the Society of St. Andrews Golfers.
It became the leader in establishing golf 's regulations and standards, such as the standard round of golf at 18 holes.
Golfers played with a
leather-covered ball stuffed with feathers. It was replaced in 1848 by the gutty, a solid ball made of gutta-percha (see Gutta-percha). It was later replaced by
the rubber-cored ball invented in 1898 by U.S. golfer Coburn Haskell.
The
first British Open Championship was played in 1860. The first golf club
established outside Britain was the Royal Calcutta in India in 1829. The first
North Amer can golf club was the Royal Montreal, organized in 1873.
The
Amateur Golf Association of the United States (now the United States Golf
Association) was founded ii 1894 to serve as the governing body for golf in the
United States. In 1951, the USGA and the United Kingdom's Royal and Ancient
Golf Club of St. Andrews agreed to jointly interpret the rules and standards
that now govern golf throughout the world.
A party of
Scotsmen introduced golf into Australia in 1347. About 50 years later,
the Australian Golf Union was formed. Greg
Norman was among the most
outstanding Australian golfers of all times. In 1986, Norman was ranked number one in the
world, winning both the British Open
and the European Open. Among New Zealand stars was Bob Charles, who won the New
Zealand Open four times.
He won more than 20 world
titles, including the British Open.
The rise of professional golf. The British Professional
Golfers' Association was formed in 1901, making it the oldest in
the world. The second oldest is the Professional
Golfers' Association of Australia, formed in 1911.
In 1916, American professional golfers
formed the PGA. Until then, amateur golfers dominated the sport. Bobby Jones,
who retired in 1930, was the finest amateur golfer of his day. But outstanding
professionals, notably Walter Hagen, were beginning to establish golf as a
major sport. Hagen was a superb golfer who won additional fame in the 1920's
for his showmanship and flamboyant style. Other leading early professionals included
Tommy Armour, Gene Sarazen, Horton Smith, and Joe Turnesa.
Americans Ben Hogan and Sam Snead
dominated the major golf tournaments of the late 1940's and early 1950s. The
top professionals of the 1960's and early 1970's included Americans Arnold
Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, and Billy Casper, along with Gary Player of South
Africa.
Women's golf has enjoyed a growth similar
to that of men's golf. From about 1900 to the 1920's, British amateurs
dominated women's golf. Joyce Wethered was the top British golfer during the
1920's and some experts consider her the greatest woman golfer in history. By
the 1930s, the United States had become important. Top U.S. golfers included
Patty Berg, Babe Didrikson Zaharias, and Betty Jameson.
Widespread interest in women's
professional golf developed after World War II (1939-1945). Among the top
women golfers of the 1980s were Laura Davies of the United Kingdom, Nancy Lopez
of the United States, and Jan Stephenson of Australia.
Golf today. United States golfers dominated golf internationally
until the late 1970s, when golfers from other countries began to emerge. These
golfers included Greg Norman of Australia, Severiano Ballesteros of Spain,
Bernhard Langer of Germany, Isao Aoki of Japan, and Nick Faldo and Sandy Lyle
of the United Kingdom. Professional tours included the U.S. tour; the European
tour, based in the United Kingdom; the South African tour; the Japanese tour;
the Asian tour; and the Australia/New Zealand tour.
In 1980, the PGA Tour established the
Senior PGA Tour for players at least 50 years old. The tour included Arnold
Palmer, Sam Snead, and other prominent professionals from the 1950's and
1960's.
Outline:
The course: The tee, The fairway, The green, and Hazards
The equipment: Golf balls, and Golf clubs,
Golf competition: Match play, Stroke play,
and Tournaments
History
Questions
What is the professional tour?
How
long is a typical par 3 hole?
When
does a golfer use a wood? An iron? A putter?
What is a birdie? A bogey? A hole-in-one!
Who
was Joyce Wethered? Bobby Jones?
How
do match play and stroke play differ?
Why
does a golf ball have "dimples"?
What
is the fairway?
Who
competes for the Ryder Cup?
How
many clubs may a player carry during a round?
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FAILURES RATHER THAN TO DWELL ON THEM AND LET THEM AFFECT YOU.
By Stephanie Ling
SEEING the
junior golfers hike up the 18th green wearily but with big grins plastered on
their faces sure does bring back some fond memories of having been exactly in
their shoes.
While
volunteering for MYFutures Junior Tour last April, I had the chance to reflect
on how the game of golf has helped me become an athlete in the workforce. The
14-year-old me certainly did not foresee the positive impact this game would
have on my career.
The game of golf
is fast becoming the pastime of many, regardless of age. It is a game that can
be so difficult and frustrating.
However, it only
takes a single great shot to make all the hours of adversity worthwhile. This,
along with the innate desire for self-improvement, is what draws golfers back
to the course week in, week out.
It is very much
like leadership; zealous leaders never let hardship get in the way. Instead,
they persevere, make the necessary changes and deliver amazing results.
1. HAVE YOUR WEIGHT ON THE BALLS OF YOUR FEET
Growing up, I
have taken golf lessons, and over the years I have had my fair share of having
been asked to modify my swing or even to redo my swing completely when needed.
One of the key
lessons that stuck was to have my weight on the balls of my feet rather than to
have my full weight on my heels. This may seem simplistic to some, but in golf,
this ensures that my alignment and foundation is strong through my
follow-through swing.
In leading a
team, this is crucial as well. By having a strong but flexible foundation, one
will always be ready to respond in any given workplace situation because they
would already have that ready-to-respond mindset from the get-go.
Rather than
dwell on the uncertainties, that strong foundation would give the flexibility
to take any necessary action without it affecting the entire organisation
negatively.
2. GRIP IT AND RIP IT
With the game of
golf, you must be courageous to take occasional risks. This is where the
athletes will say, “go big or go home.”
Initially, I
would always play the safe shots, i.e. to place the ball nicely in the centre
of the fairway. As I began striking the ball better and further, my father
started advising me to take a calculated risk in attacking the pin (the pin
refers to the hole with the flag in it). Safe shots got me average scores but
calculated-risk shots got me medal-worthy scores.
In leadership,
it is the same. Sporadically, we would have to take some risks and go big. When
the opportunities to take risks present itself, we should learn to just grip
and rip it rather than to just lay up a shot in hopes of playing it safe.
I have been
presented with many such opportunities by my boss. I had my doubts in taking
them up at first as I felt that I needed more years under my belt to take those
tasks on. But he got me thinking of how that, in itself, was a self- limiting
belief.
I should be
changing my mindset to seeing a challenge as an opportunity for growth rather
than to fear failure. That is what pushes me out of my comfort zone.
This type of
mindset and attitude should be encouraged and adopted by all employees so that
they will be able to learn of their full potential and to challenge themselves
continuously.
3. EVERY SHOT COUNTS
On average, a
round of golf takes about four hours to complete, and the actual time taken to
complete a round may vary for many reasons. On some days, the ball bounces
favourably onto
the green and on
other days it bounces into the hazard zone.
This happens
often on the golf course but how you respond to it with your following shots
is what makes the difference. In golf, it would mean having to forgo your bad
shots without getting disheartened for the rest of the game.
In leadership,
you would have to learn how to move on and learn from your failures rather
than to dwell on them and let them affect you. You may have done horribly on
day one but with a spectacular or even decent round on day two.
Like a game of
golf, leadership is unpredictable. That is how life is and that gives us a
chance to bounce back favourably onto our initial paths.
4. BRINGING IT ALL TOGETHER
There are many
parallels between golf and leadership. No golfer will ever say that it is an
easy sport to master.
There will be
days where the terrains are unforgivable and the weather is just impossible.
Comparable with
leadership, we would be facing unreasonable client expectations, long working
hours and even erratic economic challenges. As leaders, we must learn to push
through these adversities and to learn from our mistakes in order to drive
results.
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