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Golf

Golf is a sport in which individual players or teams of players strike a ball into a hole using several types of clubs. Golf is one of the few ball games that does not use a fixed, standardised playing field or area; defined in the Rules of Golf as "playing a ball with a club from the teeing ground into the hole by a stroke or successive strokes in accordance with the Rules."

History of Golf
Among the most ancient sports of the world, the `Golf` is one of the foremost. Though, the exact timing of the game`s origin could never been established, a lot of people do demand that the game is more than 600 years old. During the reign of Julius Caesar, the Romans played a game by striking a feather-stuffed ball with club-shaped branches that resembles golf.

Basic Rules of Golf
Golf The game of Golf has been played by the people of the world for almost more than 600 years. As it is such an ancient game, a lot of rules and regulations have been introduced to the game. There have been a lot of changes to the rules as well.

Terms of Golf
Each and every sport of the world has its own terms and vocabularies, be it in a huge number or a very few. Like all of them, the game of Golf also has its standard terms that are always in use in the game. They are quite a few in numbers.

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