Golf Game

GOLF Game

Golf is a game played in an open field where the golfer plays his golf ball into a hole by using different types of clubs (golf instruments). The book Rules of Golf reads "The Game of Golf consists in playing a ball from the teeing ground into the hole by a stroke or successive strokes in accordance with the Rules."

Play of the gameIn golf, a golfer plays a number of holes in a given order. 18 holes played in an order controlled by the golf course design normally make up a game. On a nine-hole course, two nine-hole rounds make up a normal game.

The 2 common forms of playing golf are match play and stroke play. In match play, two golfers (or two teams) play holes one at a time. The golfer with the lower number of strokes (number of times the golfer used to get his ball in the hole) wins that hole. If the two have the same number of strokes, the hole is "halved" (drawn). The golfer that has the greatest number of holes wins. In stroke play, the golfer (or team) with the smallest number of strokes all together wins. There are different forms of these rules, some given in the "Rules of Golf" making them "official."

The Majors Golfers call the four biggest tournaments in professional golf "majors" and they play them at nearly the same time every year. The four majors are:
The Masters U.S. Open The Open Championship (British Open) PGA Championship