For Beginner - What's a Golf Course?

A Golf Course
In the past, golf courses (or 'links' as they are often known – although this word has become more frequently attached to seaside courses) consisted of any number of holes – depending on the lie of the land and the amount of space available. Nowadays, courses are almost invariably 18 holes long, although a sizeable number of 9 hole courses remain. These are always played twice around, often using different teeing areas on the second occasion. The holes consist of a combination of different pars, mostly pars 3, 4 and 5, depending on the length, and very occasionally the degree of difficulty. The par is reckoned to be the number of shots a scratch golfer would take to get the ball from tee to hole, as illustrated below. The total of the individual hole pars makes up the par of the overall course, normally between 70 & 72. Most courses have 3 lots of Tees. These are:

White markers - Mens' medal tees

Yellow markers – Mens' standard tees

Red markers – Ladies' standard tees

Some courses also have Championship tees – normally only used when the course plays host to a professional event. Other courses have Blue markers. These can be special tees for 'veteran' members and juniors. Hope you have a good understanding of what's a Golf Course.

What Is Golf?

How To Play Golf? Before I show you how to play golf, let me introduce you to golf. In this blog, you'll learn everything about golf, including what's a golf course, types of golf courses, how to join a golf club, what's a driving range, etc. So, What's golf? Its rule is easy to learn but it's really hard to be good at it. Basically, the goal of the game is to strike a small ball (like the one shown in the photograph) with a stick that has a metal end into a little hole from a distance. We call the stick golf club. Then you'll repeat this action at least 17 more times involving holes of different distance and degree of difficulty. There are a total of 14 clubs in total in a set of clubs a professional golfer will bring for the game. Each club differ from one another in the length, the density of the clubhead and loft of face. Each club is selected depends on how far and how high you want to hit the ball. Golf hobbyist usually play golf over 18 hores (that is one round). Professional mostly played this game for 4 consecutive days (i.e. 18 holes each day). The final winner of the game at the end of the 4 days will be the one that entered all the 72 holes with the fewest strokes. Isn't the rule simple. Now you're one step closer to learning how to play golf.