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Improving Your Game

Golf is one of those few games where a lower score is a good thing.  This might seem easy to an outsider, but getting that score down can seem like an impossibility to even the most experienced of golfers.
This doesn’t mean you need to lose heart, however.  A better swing can be learned and your [...]

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Popularity Of Golf

Why is golf so popular today?  It used to be that it was a game played only by the rather wealthy since of course green fees were very expensive.  It also requires a certain skill and patience, things that are somewhat lacking in professional sports today.
Notice what an anonymous writer had to say about why [...]

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History Of Equipment

Obviously the first games of golf were not played with the type of equipment we have today.  The clubs and balls that players use on the field during tournaments are regulated by the PGA or other sponsor of such tournaments.  But how did some staffs and rods used by shepherds become the many various clubs [...]

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History Of Golf

Obviously it’s impossible to pinpoint the exact day and year when the game that would evolve into golf began to be played.  Most agree that it began in Scotland around the 12th century with sheep herders smacking rocks into holes with the rods and staffs they used to guide their sheep.  This quickly became a [...]

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About Golf

“Golf is very much like a love affair; if you don’t take it seriously, it’s no fun, if you do, it breaks your heart.  Don’t break your heart, but flirt with the possibility.”
~ Louise Suggs
Are you having a love affair with the game of golf?  If so, you’re definitely not alone!  Golf is a game [...]

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