Artificial Putting Greens Could Be The Answer!
With golf being such a popular sport and with most players getting hooked and taking it very seriously artificial grass is becoming more and more popular as a solution to the maintenance involved in ‘real grass’ putting greens. There have been big steps forward in the creation of this much specialised artificial surface that mimics the real stuff and in corporate situations or even your own back yard this alternative should be considered as a very easy to maintain option, Advantages: Can be installed almost anywhere, indoors or outdoors Can be used for pitching chipping and putting Can be any cut to fit any ...
Golf – A Good Walk Spoiled
When one looks at the history and public awareness of golf, it is easy to see how this supposedly most relaxing of games has received attention from wits through the ages. The trend for humorous golf quotations was arguably lead by writer and traveller Mark Twain, who when asked to define the sport quipped it was: “a good walk spoiled”. The phrase has since become synonymous with golf itself, even leading to a Mark Twain Golf Course being opened. However, Twain is not the only historical or cultural figure to make a lasting comment about golf. Some of the mutterings from ...
A History of Balls And Holes: Golf Through The Ages
In terms of the sports modern society is used to, golf has one of the longest and most interesting histories. This is a sport that has been dominating the public conscious for nearly 500 years, and as with anything with roots in Medieval times, has been forced to adapt and change as the world around it does so too. The first game of recorded golf was in 1456 in Edinburgh, Scotland. This, however, does not mean the Edinburgh game was the first time the sport was played, merely that it was the first time a person took the time to write ...
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Golf – A Good Walk Spoiled
When one looks at the history and public awareness of golf, it is easy to see how...
Interpreting Golf Terminology – A Thankless Task
If someone came back from the golf course and told you that they had “chunked an...
Why Put Things Off When You Can Go Off Putting?
For many of us, a holiday is an opportunity to get away from things and sit by a...
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When playing golf there is a standard handicap system that is used by all golf...
Beginning Golf – Important Things To Remember!
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Woods and Federer: A Friendship of Champions
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Watch The Birdie? No, Wait, Was That An Eagle?
Watching golf can be a very confusing way to spend time if you are a novice to the sport. Like any sport, it has its own scoring system, but that is a little idiosyncratic in itself. Then there is the way the players dress, which in some cases is enough to confuse anyone in possession of a working pair of eyes. But perhaps the most confusing element... [Read more of this article]
Golf Clubs – No, The Other Kind
When you take up golf, one thing that you will almost always seek to do is get membership of a club. The fact that a club is both something you use to hit a golf ball and something you join in order to get the chance to hit a golf ball has led to no small amount of confusion in the past. But simply put, if your friend tells you he is going to join a... [Read more of this article]
So, Having Minus Points … That’s Good?
If you have never followed golf before, or if you are explaining it to someone who never has, the weird and wonderful world of golf scoring makes for an interesting way to spend a bit of time. In so much of life, we look to have positive numbers. Minus ten degrees is really cold, while plus sixty is nice and mild. On your bank statement, you never want... [Read more of this article]
Clubbed To Death? Your Wallet May Think So.
Anyone who takes up golf will have one immediate and expensive concern to take care of – the equipment. And we are not talking about offensively garish knitwear and those hats with sun visors on them although, if you are interested, those will cost a pretty penny too. No, think more along the lines of the equipment you will need in order to actually... [Read more of this article]
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