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'''Golf''' is a [[sport]] that is played by hitting a small ball over long distances with the use of a long metal or wooden club, with the intent of hitting the ball into a very small hole hundreds of feet away. There are 18 ranges on a standard golf course, commonly referred to as "holes." Some courses provide abbreviated nine hole courses as well. Originally a golf course had 10 holes, and players would play from one to the next across 9 ranges out from and then back in to the first hole, this is where the 18 holes originated.
'''Golf''' is a [[sport]] that is played by hitting a small ball over long distances with the use of a long metal or wooden club, with the intent of hitting the ball into a very small hole hundreds of feet away. There are 18 ranges on a standard golf course, commonly referred to as "holes." Some courses provide abbreviated nine hole courses as well. Originally a golf course had 10 holes, and players would play from one to the next across 9 ranges out from and then back in to the first hole, this is where the 18 holes originated.
The four most prestigious tournaments in the golfing calendar (or 'majors') are (in order of when played): the Masters (which is always held at Augusta National Golf Club in [[Georgia]], the only major played on the same course), the PGA Championship, the United States Open, and the Open Championship (commonly called the British Open to differentiate it from other countries' Open championships, such as the US Open). The Players Championship (TPC), played annually at TPC Sawgrass outside of Jacksonville, Florida, is sometimes called the "fifth major" (and offers the largest purse outside the majors along with more points toward world rankings other than the majors); its popularity is due to the course's notable #17 hole, a short par-3 where the green is totally surrounded by water (the Island Green).
The four most prestigious tournaments in the golfing calendar (or 'majors') are (in order of when played): the Masters (which is always held at Augusta National Golf Club in [[Georgia]], the only major played on the same course), the PGA Championship, the United States Open, and the Open Championship (commonly called the British Open to differentiate it from other countries' Open championships, such as the US Open). The Players Championship (TPC), played annually at TPC Sawgrass outside of Jacksonville, Florida, is sometimes called the "fifth major" (and offers the largest purse outside the majors along with more points toward world rankings other than the majors); its popularity is due to the course's notable #17 hole, a short par-3 where the green is totally surrounded by water (the Island Green).
== History of golf ==
*[https://www.history.com/news/who-invented-golf-origins Who Invented Golf?], History.com
=== Video documentaries on the history of golf ===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqVV05KtPsk Revealing the true History Of golf] - video
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O77VD_uTFW0 The REAL History of Golf - Who really invented it? And why did it keep getting banned?]
== Books related to playing better golf ==
== Books related to playing better golf ==
=== How Champions Think: In Sports and in Life ===
''Golf World'' magazine honored Dr. Bob Rotella as one of the “Top 10 Golf Teachers of the 20th Century” and named him “Godfather of [[Sport psychology|Sports Psychology]] for Golf”.<ref>[http://www.rotellaperformanceworkshops.com/about-bob.html Dr. Bob Rotella, Ph.D.]</ref>
''See also:'' [[How Champions Think: In Sports and in Life]]
''Golf World'' magazine honored Dr. Bob Rotella as one of the “Top 10 Golf Teachers of the 20th Century” and named him “Godfather of [[Sport psychology|Sport Psychology]] for Golf”.<ref>[http://www.rotellaperformanceworkshops.com/about-bob.html Dr. Bob Rotella, Ph.D.]</ref>
*''[[How Champions Think: In Sports and in Life]]'' by Dr. Bob Rotella. Simon & Schuster (May 5, 2015)
*''[[How Champions Think: In Sports and in Life]]'' by Dr. Bob Rotella. Simon & Schuster (May 5, 2015)
==== Book summaries: How Champions Think: In Sports and in Life ====
*[https://lifeclub.org/books/how-champions-think-dr-bob-rotella-and-bob-cullen-review-summary How Champions Think Summary and Review by Dr. Bob Rotella and Bob Cullen]
*[https://elevatesociety.com/how-champions-think-summary-review/ How Champions Think: Summary Review]
*[https://medium.com/@hpoels/book-summary-of-dr-bob-rotellas-how-champions-think-in-sports-and-in-life-582f5f77db5b Book Summary of Dr. Bob Rotella’s “How Champions Think: In Sports and in Life”]
== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Tiger Woods]]
* [[Tiger Woods]]
* [[Arnold Palmer]]
* [[Arnold Palmer]]
* [[British Inventions]]
* [[British Inventions]]
== External links ==
== External links ==
*[https://www.golfdigest.com/story/rotella Inside the Golfer's Mind], Golf Digest by Dr. [[Bob Rotella]] Photos by J.D. Cuban
*[https://www.golfdigest.com/story/rotella Inside the Golfer's Mind], Golf Digest by Dr. [[How Champions Think: In Sports and in Life|Bob Rotella]]
== References ==
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