Golf – A Good Walk Spoiled
Golf is taken very seriously by many of its enthusiasts - certainly a more important matter than life or death! In spite of that, golf-related humour is popular, even among the game's most fanatical supporters and participants - and even when it is mildly mocking in tone. Golfers, unlike many other people, do seem to be able to laugh confidently at themselves; an admirable trait. It was Mark Twain who once described golf as “a good walk spoiled” and he has been far from alone as a writer in commenting on the game. Many sayings have come down ...
A History of Balls And Holes: Golf Through The Ages
In terms of the sports modern society is used to, golf has one of the longest and most interesting histories. This is a sport that has been dominating the public conscious for nearly 500 years, and as with anything with roots in Medieval times, has been forced to adapt and change as the world around it does so too. The first game of recorded golf was in 1456 in Edinburgh, Scotland. This, however, does not mean the Edinburgh game was the first time the sport was played, merely that it was the first time a person took the time to write ...
Golf Clubs – No, The Other Kind
When you take up golf, one thing that you will almost always seek to do is get membership of a club. The fact that a club is both something you use to hit a golf ball and something you join in order to get the chance to hit a golf ball has led to no small amount of confusion in the past. But simply put, if your friend tells you he is going to join a golf club, he probably does not mean that he is going to attach himself to a reinforced titanium stick while, unless your friend is ...
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Gifts for a Golfer (UK)
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Interpreting Golf Terminology – A Thankless Task
If someone came back from the golf course and told you that they had “chunked an approach that left them having to take a Mulligan, and then ended up on the apron, before lipping out and relying on a come-backer to save par”, you would be entirely within your rights to assume that they had spent too long at the 19th Hole. But the actual fact is... [Read more of this article]
Watch The Birdie? No, Wait, Was That An Eagle?
Watching golf can be a very confusing way to spend time if you are a novice to the sport. Like any sport, it has its own scoring system, but that is a little idiosyncratic in itself. Then there is the way the players dress, which in some cases is enough to confuse anyone in possession of a working pair of eyes. But perhaps the most confusing element... [Read more of this article]
So, Having Minus Points … That’s Good?
If you have never followed golf before, or if you are explaining it to someone who never has, the weird and wonderful world of golf scoring makes for an interesting way to spend a bit of time. In so much of life, we look to have positive numbers. Minus ten degrees is really cold, while plus sixty is nice and mild. On your bank statement, you never want... [Read more of this article]
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