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DO YOU KNOW THEM?

some unknown sports

GOLF

Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use

various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on

a course in as few strokes as possible.

Equipment: Golf clubs, golf balls, and others

First played: 15th century, Kingdom of Scotland

Olympic: 1900, 1904, 2016, and 2020

Highest governing bodies: The Royal and Ancient

Golf Club of St Andrews.

• Golf is played for the lowest number of strokes

by an individual, known as stroke play.

• A golf course consists of either 9 or 18 holes,

each with a teeing ground that is set off by two

markers showing the bounds of the legal tee area,

fairway, rough and other hazards, and the putting

green surrounded by the fringe with the pin

(normally a flagstick) and cup.

• There are two basic forms of golf play, match

play and stroke play. Stroke play is more popular.