Mostly an individual and on a few competitions a team outdoor game played over a large field. It is, playing a ball with a club from the "teeing" ground into a hole, by a stroke or successive ground strokes.

Called a "Course" over a large area, with hazards like sand pits, water pools, bushes etc, normally with 18 holes of 5.5 km length.

Scotland.

A hole in the ground normally embedded with a cup made of metal or plastic, into which the balls or shot.

An embedded metal or plastic cup within the grassy area called "Green". It will be of 108 mm / 4.25 inches dia and 100 mm / 3.94 inches deep - putting a ball into this hole completes a "Hole".

A shot and evenly cut grass course area.

A low cut grassy area around the actual hole normally sloped and usually does not have a hazard.

An area with rough and longer grass grown

It is the long slim tool with certain design elongation at the tip for various purposes. They are of different types at the "Club Head" They are:
WOODS: For long shots from the tee or fairway or occasionally used in the rough. A new variety called, "Hybrid" are nowadays used for long shots from Rough.
IRONS: For precision shots from fairways as well as from the rough.
PUTTERS: Mostly used on the grass for putting the ball into the hole. Occasionally useful when played from bunkers (a sandy pit) or for some approach shots. WEDGES: Are used in different locations such as sand or the rough and for approach shots to the green.

Made of synthetic materials with a minimum dia of 42.67 mm and will weigh around 45.93 grams. The surface of the ball normally have 300 to 400 dimples designed to improve the aerodynamics.

It is a predetermined spot/area from where a ball is first hit to the low cut area (green) surrounding the actual hole in the ground. It is called the teeing ground. The actual "Tee" is a small stand made of wood or plastic used to support a stationary ball so that the player can strike the ball. When the Tee is used, the ball stays slightly above the ground, which helps the player to hit the ball with more power. Teeing is allowed only for the first shot of each hole. The standard Tee is 2.125 inches.

Enroute to the actual hole from the Teeing spot, there may be some artificially created obstructions called "Hazards" - like small water pools, sand filled pits called "Bushes" lie on the fairway. A ball entering this area is difficult to play. A special club called "Sand wedge" is often used to extricate and hit the ball to the green.

The golfer (player) is not allowed to touch the ground with his/her club, even on a practice stroke.

Once a player tees off a ball from the assigned spot, the player again makes an attempt to put the ball to the green (the place around the hole) from where the ball has rested, either at the fairway or hazard. From the green it will be hit to the actual hole - generally roll the ball taking into account the slope and other factors including wind direction. Such a shot is called "Putt" and taken with flat faced club which makes the ball roll.

Par: Is a predetermined number of strokes that a golfer should require to complete a hole, a round. (The sum of the total of the played holes, also called the "Course Rating", or a tournament (the sum of the total pars of each round). Normally each hole is assigned with 3 pars (predetermined number of strokes). Depending upon the distance from the teeing point, 4 or even 5 pars are also assigned to each hole.

Par 3 Hole - 100 to 250 yards. Par 4 Hole - 251 to 475 yards. Par 5 Hole - 476 to 600 yards.

Normally made for 72 par value, with four par threes (4 x 3=12), ten par fours (10 x 4=40) and four par fives (4 x 5=20). The sum total of par is 72.

A golfer's score is determined by how many shots have been taken by the golfer in relation to the assigned par. If a course has a par of 72, and a golfer takes 75 strokes to complete the course, the golfer's reported score will be +3 or "three over par" meaning that the golfer has taken three strokes more than the par (predetermined strokes) to complete the course. On the other hand, if a golfer completes the course in 70 strokes, then the score of the golfer would be reported as "two under par" or -2. Scores are calculated by totaling the golfer's score in relation to par in each round. Normally three or four rounds in professional tournaments are held. If each of the four rounds of a tournament has a par of 72. Then the tournament par would be 288, and the golfer's score would be recorded in relation to the tournament par. For example, a golfer may record a 70 in the first, (two under par or -2), 72 in the second round (Nil), 73 in the third round (one over par or +1), and 69 in the fourth round (three under par or -3), thus making it 284 (70+72+73+69) -4 or four under par. Thus, a golfer with a higher "under par" or minus score is the winner.

Par: It is even. A golfer completing the hole in exactly the assigned pars.
Birdie: It is one under par or -1. In an assigned par of 3 and the golfer completing the hole in 2, i.e. less one par, it is called so.
Eagle: It is two under par or -2, that is the golfer completing the hole in 2 pars less. This normally and mostly occurs in par 5.
Albatross: It is 3 under par and a rare occurrence in which a golfer is able to put the ball into the hole in two shots in a par of 5. It normally can happen in par 5. Similarly in par 4 also, if the ball is holed in the first approach shot itself, it is three under par. Also called as Double Eagle.
Condor: It is four under par. Also known as Triple Eagle. It is the rarest to happen.
Ostrich: It is five under par and can happen only in par six. It is also highly impossible to happen because of the distance. Also called "Double Condor". Condor and Ostrich have never happened and recorded.

It is one over par or +1, that is exceeding the allotted par by one stroke. It is a regular occurrence due to the ball landing on hazard or by poor putting. It may further go on as double or triple bogey.

A person who accompanies and carries a player's bag and by experience and knowledge imparts advice to the player on various aspects of the game.

(1) While in hazard, a player must not touch the ground with his club before playing a ball, not even by a practice swing.
(2) The ball as it lies should be played as it lies in the hazard without penalty.
(3) If it cannot be played from that spot the ball may be removed by hand and dropped outside the hazard within two club lengths of it's original position. This attracts penalty of one stroke.
(4) If a ball is lost in a hazard and cannot be found, it may be replaced by dropping another ball outside the hazard along the lace at which it made entry, not close to the hole, against a penalty of one stroke.

The Masters: Started in 1939 conducted by Augusta Golf Club, Georgia, USStarted by Clifford Roberts and Bobby Jones.
US Open: Started in 1895 and conducted annually.
PGA Championship: Started in 1916 by the Professional Golfers' Association.
Kraft Nabisco Championship: Started from 1972, an annual event.
US Women's Open: Started in 1946. LPGA Championship: Started in 195. And many other open championships conducted by various countries and associations.

Mulligan.

Old Links at Musselburgh in Scotland established in 1672.

La Paz Golf Course, Bolivia - 3200 mtrs a s l.

14 balls.

Alan Shepherd.

Augusta Masters.

Stable Ford Scoring System.

Eldrick.

International Champion at the age of 8, 9, 12, 13, 14 and 15. US Amateur Champion (Youngest ever) at 18 years.Afterwards he was the undisputed king of Golf for some years.

14 Fourteen.

First Pump Challenge.

Jack Nicklaus.

Types of golf clubs.

Eagle.

By yellow lines.

4 1/2 inches.