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Golf
by Marc Singford
http://www.favgolf.com
Golf is a game of individuality, even though it can be
played with a group of people. The object of the game is to
hit a small ball into a small hole from a great distance
away, and many people love it. The game is played on a
piece of land that is especially designed to play golf on
with a series of nine or eighteen holes.
There are two holes in golf; one is the hole in the ground
where you want the golf ball to go into and the distance
from where the player first hits the ball. A "green" is the
most important place on the golf course besides the hole,
this is the area the surrounds the hole. Players start out
hitting the golf ball down the fairway towards the hole.
The grass is very well taken care of on a golf fairway
and is kept very short to allow the ball to roll
effortlessly over it. The object of the game is for the
player to hit the ball into the hole with as few strokes
as possible, when the player hits the ball into the hole,
he or she has completed that hole and will move on to
the next one.
Golf is not an easy game, and it takes much more than just
hitting a little ball into a hole to play the game right.
There are also many hazards on golf courses such as sand
traps, ponds, trees and woods and so on. Players who hit
the ball in these areas have to hit the ball where it has
landed so they try to avoid the areas as much as possible.
If the ball can't be played from where it is, it can be
moved to a better location but it will cost that player and
one stroke penalty. Another rule when a player hits the
ball into a hazard is that their club cannot touch the
ground before hitting the ball, not even for a practice
swing.
Every hole is classified by its par, usually determined by
the distance from the tee to the green. Par is the number
of strokes an expert golfer should take in hitting the ball
into the hole. Par three holes typically range in distance
from 100 to 224 meters while par four holes from 225 to 434
meters. Par five holes usually contain a distance of 435
meters or greater.
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