Golf is a game that is played widely in the Europe, US and Australia. It gained popularity in the end of 19th century and the first half of the 20th century. In the game of golf, every round is based on playing a number of holes in a given order. A round consisting of 18 holes are played in the order and is determined by the course layout. The game consisting of nine-hole course, a standard round consists of two successive nine-hole rounds. Playing a hole on the golf course consists of hitting a ball from a tee on the teeing box. The ball is then made to hit the hole on the grass. In most typical forms of gameplay, each player plays his or her ball from the tee until it is holed.

Players generally walk or drive in motorized carts over the course, either in groups or single or sometimes accompanied by caddies who carry and manage the players’ equipment. A hole in golf is classified by its par, the number of strokes a skilled golfer should require to complete play of the hole.  A skilled player is expected to reach the green on a par-four hole in two strokes and another, second, stroke to the green and then roll the ball into the hole in two putts for par.

Generally, the par of a hole is determined by the tee-to-green distance. The length for a par-three hole generally ranges between 91 and 224 meters (100–250 yd), for a par-four hole, between 225 and 434 meters (251–475 yd). golf can also played both in teams and as singles. The internationally body jointly governed by the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews and the United States Golf Association (USGA) determines the governing rules of golf.These rules are based on formal case decisions by the R&A and USGA and are revised and updated every other year.

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Golf is a game in which a player, using many types of clubs including a driver, a putter, and irons, hits a ball into each hole on a golf course in the lowest possible number of strokes. Golf is one of the few ball games that does not use a standardized playing area; rather, the game is played on golf “courses”, consisting of either 9 or 18 holes.

In other words, it is a game in which a ball is struck with a club from a prepared area, known as the “teeing ground”, across fairway and rough to a second prepared area, which has a hole in it, known as the “putting green”. The object of the game is to complete what is known as a hole by playing a ball from the teeing ground into the hole on the putting green in the fewest possible number of strokes.

There is general agreement that the Scots were the earliest of golf addicts but who actually invented the game is open to debate. Various forms of games resembling golf were played as early as the fourteenth century by sportsmen in Holland, Belgium and France as well as in Scotland.

Basic rules:

• Be considerate of your fellow players. Don’t talk, move, or distract a player in any other way during his swing.

• On the first tee the honor is determined by the order of the draw or, in the absence of a draw, by lot.

• It is the responsibility of a player to ensure that he plays his own ball and, to this end, each player should mark his ball if necessary.

• In match play, the ball farther from the hole is played first. The winner of a hole tees off first on the next hole. If a player plays out of turn anywhere on the course, his opponent may require him to replay.

• In stroke play, the ball farthest from the hole is played first. The competitor with the lowest score on a hole tees off first on the next hole. There is generally no penalty for playing out of turn.

• When on the green, never walk across another player’s line of putt. The imprint that your feet leave on the green can alter the path of the ball. Always step over the line of the putt or around it.

• A player may not use any artificial device or unusual equipment.

• If you hit your ball into a water hazard, you may play it or with a one-stroke penalty, play another ball from where you just hit. Another option is to drop another ball where the original ball entered the hazard, incur a one-stroke penalty and play on.

Since now you are well acquainted with golf and its rules. Go play! Have fun!

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