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Also called a hole in one. address The act of taking a stance and placing the club-head behind the golf ball. If the ball moves once a player has addressed the ball, there is a one-stroke penalty, unless it is clear that the actions of the player did not cause the ball to move on purpose. If the player addresses the ball and places the head of the club behind it and in doing so causes the ball ...
Pages in category "Golf terminology" The following 56 pages are in this category, out of 56 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. * Glossary of golf; B.
They were entitled "Articles and Laws in Playing at Golf" and consisted of 13 rules. [2][3] The original manuscript of the rules is in the collection of the National Library of Scotland: [4] You must Tee your Ball, within a Club's length of the Hole. Your Tee must be upon the Ground. You are not to change the Ball which you Strike off the Tee.
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Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit a ball into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible.. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping with the varied terrains encountered on different courses is a key part of the game.
A golf club is a club used to hit a golf ball in a game of golf.Each club is composed of a shaft with a grip and a club head. Woods are mainly used for long-distance fairway or tee shots; irons, the most versatile class, are used for a variety of shots; hybrids that combine design elements of woods and irons are becoming increasingly popular; putters are used mainly on the green to roll the ...
Golf etiquette. Golf etiquette refers to a set of rules and practices designed to make the game of golf safer and more enjoyable for golfers and to minimize possible damage to golf equipment and courses. Although many of these practices are not part of the formal rules of golf, golfers are customarily expected to observe them. [1]
Par (score) In golf, par is the predetermined number of strokes that a proficient (scratch, or zero handicap) [1] golfer should require to complete a hole, a round (the sum of the pars of the played holes), or a tournament (the sum of the pars of each round). [2][3] For scoring purposes, a golfer's number of strokes is compared with the par ...