Golf is an exciting and wonderful great game for all ages. There is nothing like getting off on the golf course with good friends and smacking a ball around. Golf involves full of enticing fun like exercise, fresh air, friends and laughter - that is golf!
Start to know the basics:
Identify the object of the game. The object of golf is to strike or hit the golf ball with a club and direct and guide it into each hole on the course in order, by reducing the number of shots. Usually 9 or 18, number of holes are played and the final results are tallied after the last player has sunk the ball in the final hole.
Know how to keep scoring. To start with in golf, a lower score is better. For every time the golfer hit the ball with a club, 1 point is recorded which means that the player who can get the ball into every hole with the fewest overall swings will win. These are terms related to golf scoring:Par: This is the preset number attached to each hole that represents the number of shots (and therefore, the number of points) that a perfect golfer should normally require to sink the ball. A golfer who meets this number is said to be “on par” for the hole.
Bogeys: A bogey is a score that is one point (one swing) above par. If a golfer takes more than one extra swing to complete a hole, it is said to be a “double bogey,” “triple bogey,” and so on depending on the total number of swings.
Birdie: A birdie is a score that is one point below par.
Eagle: A score that is two points below par on a par 4 or higher course is called an eagle.
Hole in one: A hole in one occurs when the golfer manages to sink the ball with a single swing from the tee box, the starting position.
Learn and discover the parts of the course.
Fairway: The fairway is the trimmed part of the golf course between the tee box and the green.
Rough: The rough is the wild or less-groomed area that borders on the fairway.
Putting green: The putting green, or green, is where the hole for each fairway is located.
Hazards: Also called traps, hazards are purposely-placed elements that are designed to be especially difficult to get a golf ball out of. Common accident prone or hazards include sand traps and bodies of water.
Know and select your clubs
Various golf clubs have different identifiable physical properties and are used to implement different types of golf swing. Selecting which club to use in a given game situation is a skill that expert golfers develop over time.
The basic distinctions are fairly simple: A wood has a wide head and is usually made of a fairly light material, such as wood or lightweight metal. Woods are used for long “drives” of the ball across great distances, and as such are sometimes also called “drivers.”
An iron is much narrower than a wood, and typically made of heavier metal. Irons are most often used for medium-and short-range shots.
A putter is a special club for use on the putting green, where precise control over the direction and speed the ball will roll can make the difference between a birdie and a bogey. Putters are small, and usually made of lightweight metal.
