Golf is a recognized
sport all around the world. Golf originated in Scotland and today is played
professionally in the United States and Europe. Golf involves many different skills and strategies.
Golf is very important because it is a fun sport that all ages can
participate in.
The
game of golf consists of playing a ball with a stick from the teeing
ground into the hole by a stroke or successive strokes.
EQUIPMENT:
GOLF STICKS
- Players carry a number of sticks throughout the game. The maximum number of sticks is designated 14 in the rules.
- There
are three major types of sticks:
woods, irons, and putters.
- Wedges
are irons used for shorter shots.
They are used when in the sand, the rough and when approaching the
green.
- Woods
are used for long drives. They are
used for hitting off a tee or on the fairway.
- Irons are for precision shots.
- Putters are used for on the green and can sometimes be effective in bunkers.
COURSE
-Teeing Ground: Area from which players start each
hole.
-Fairway: The playing area between the tee and the
green, does not include hazards.
-Putting Green: The area of short grass surrounding
the hole way the ball is hit using a putter.
-Hazard: Permanent features on the golf course
designed to obstruct play.
-Bunker : A hazard filled by sand or grass that is
placed where a fairway shot may end (by a green or driving distance from the
tee). You are not allowed to practice swing or ground your club in a bunker.
-Water Hazard: A water bunker.
-Sand Trap: A sand bunker.
SHOTS
-Putt: the ball rolls on the ground, never becoming
air-borne.
-Tee Shot: first shot played from the teeing
ground. Ideally, they have a shallow
flight and long roll of the ball on a long hole. They are higher and expected to stop quickly
on shorter holes.
Skills
Grip: should be
neutral. Interlocking grip for putting.
Stance: good balance on
your feet in order to make a full powerful swing that returns the center of the
stick face to the center of the ball.
Full
Swing:
-Back
Swing: Your body should feel like a coil. A
good backswing will set the club in a position of power and control.
-Downswing: The downswing
happens in less than a second and requires a fluid movement of your body in a
powerful and unified sequence of events:
shift, rotate, hit.
Putting: Used on the green to put the
ball into the hole.
