Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit a ball into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible.
Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping with the varied terrains encountered on different courses is a key part of the game. Courses typically have either 9 or 18 holes, regions of terrain that each contain a cup, the hole that receives the ball. Each hole on a course has a teeing ground for the hole's first stroke, and a putting green containing the cup. There are several standard forms of terrain between the tee and the green, such as the fairway, rough (tall grass), and various hazards that may be water, rocks, or sand-filled bunkers. Each hole on a course is unique in its specific layout. M...
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A picture of Gary Player on the follow through of a shot.
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Arnold Palmer enlisted in the United States Coast Guard in 1950 as a Yeoman and continued to serve u...
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Fairway wood positioned near golf ball
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An aerial view of the San Donato Golf Resort in Italy.
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Golf course "Golfplatz Wittenbeck" in Mecklenburg at the Baltic Sea coast, Germany
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Typical elements of a hole on a golf course:
teeing ground
water hazard
rough
out of bounds
sand bun...
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A golfer taking a tee shot to begin a round of golf.
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golfveld / golf course (Photo taken in Goa, India)
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Plaque of the 15th hole of Grand Cypress New Course, Orlando, Florida, USA
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Indoor putting green
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Junín Golf Club. Junín, Argentina.
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An amateur player performing a textbook follow through
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Lee Westwood makes a bunker shot at the 2008 Open
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A golf field in Tampere, Finland.
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The MacDonald boys playing golf, by William Mosman probably, but sometimes attributed to Jeremiah Da...
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Hole #7, The Phoenician Golf Club, Canyon course, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA