How To Know What Equipment To Use And When In Golf.

Golf is a very complex sport, as seen by their equipment and requirements, in relative terms when compared to other popular sports. The only other sport that rivals golf when it comes to worldwide popularity is soccer. And in soccer, one just needs a ball and a boundary. Golf is complex to the point that it can be very confusing due to the amount of rules, the number of holes… Continue reading

How to Prepare for Golf

Golf is a sport that does not take too much strenuous activity. It is not required of the golfer to be able to bench press 225 pounds at least twenty times or a minimum requirement of a 5.0 time in the 40 yard dash. Golf is a sport for people for all ages. People in their mid thirties can play, as evidenced by the mastery of the world’s best and… Continue reading

How the Game Is Played: Types of Golf

Golf appears deceptively simple to outsiders. ‘Where’s the challenge,’ you might ask, ‘in knocking a ball around with a club?’  Ah, but it’s so much more than that!

We can get an inkling of the true challenge of the sport by looking at the “official definition” set out in “The Rules of Golf” published by the United States Golf Association:

“The Game of Golf consists in playing a

A Brief History of Golf

Golf is an honored and ancient sport — so ancient, in fact, that its true origins are unclear. There is evidence for tracing golf’s lineage to the Scots, the Dutch and even the Chinese. However, it is commonly accepted today to say that golf, as we know it, originated in Scotland sometime in the eleven-hundreds.

In the ‘old days’, so to speak, golf wasn’t nearly as genteel as it… Continue reading