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'''Golf''' is a [[sport]] invented by the Chinese. As is generally acknowledged, every invention known to man, and many known only to woman, comes from China. From the beginning of the universe, (mistakenly translated as the “Big Bang” due to some half-deaf idiot mishearing 冰棒 (Bing Bang), which in ancient Chinese indicated the two terrestrial poles and so, by association, our planet Earth, centre of the universe) everything worth having was invented by the Chinese. Everything not worth having was invented by the Japanese.
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[[File:Golfing-green-under-blue-sky.jpg|thumbnail|350px|right|Golf green under a blue sky.]]
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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.
  
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In particular, every sport known to man (and the Mrs) originated in China. Take cricket, for example. Clearly, any game which takes several days to complete and after which few people know who won must have its origin in the usual Chinese card game which people play for days on train trips. An alternative theory is that it comes from the average Chinese meeting which can last for days and at the end no one can remember what happened. Usually because nothing happened.
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Golf has become a popular sport, with several professional tours being run by groups such as the [[PGA|Professional Golf Association]] (PGA) or Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) where top prizes can reach $800,000. Only a few people ever play at a professional, level but many more enjoy Golf as a pastime or social activity. The oldest and most venerable golf clubs can be very exclusive institutions, with membership scarce and much sought after.
  
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Clearly, only the Chinese could have come up with the idea of thumping a ball with a stick. Golf was, in fact, actually invented when some resident of the Middle Kingdom took it upon himself to clear his basement of rats by battering them with a stick. The rats, being sensible chaps, ran into holes.  
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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).
  
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“Stone me!” said aforementioned chappie, “That would make a good game!”
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== History of golf ==
  
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He then wrote a book explaining the rules (after inventing paper, books and a system of writing which uses pictures of badly drawn television aerials).
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*[https://www.history.com/news/who-invented-golf-origins Who Invented Golf?], History.com
  
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An explorer (did you know the Chinese invented exploring?) took a copy of this book and went sailing down the Yellow River, got caught up in a storm and accidentally ended up off the east coast of Scotland, as you do.
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=== Video documentaries on the history of golf ===
  
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Having landed safely (due to the excellent stability of that Chinese invention, the boat) he wandered up to the ancient St Andrew’s University (founded 1413, in the Ming Dynasty) and presented them with a copy of his opus, which had survived the hazards of the journey and the sea by being securely wrapped up in a heavy duty plastic bag sealed with duct tape, both of which the Chinese had fortunately invented the previous week.
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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqVV05KtPsk Revealing the true History Of golf] - video
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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O77VD_uTFW0 The REAL History of Golf - Who really invented it? And why did it keep getting banned?]
  
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Luckily, the book was written in the local St. Andrews dialect (which was a variation on Putonghua invented just weeks before the Chinese invented English) so everyone understood it immediately. Within days, the entire town was playing 高尔夫, which was anglicized as “golf”.
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== Books related to playing better golf ==
  
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Having introduced the world (or a tiny village on the east coast of Scotland (or Sugarland as it was then known) to the delights of screwing up a good walk in the countryside, the intrepid traveler went into the catering business and invented the haggis and the Scottish style Chinese restaurant (specializing in newly invented dishes completely unrecognizable to the average China man (or woman).)"
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=== How Champions Think: In Sports and in Life ===
  
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''See also:'' [[How Champions Think: In Sports and in Life]]
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''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>
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*''[[How Champions Think: In Sports and in Life]]'' by Dr. Bob Rotella. Simon & Schuster (May 5, 2015)
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==== Book summaries: How Champions Think: In Sports and in Life ====
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*[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]
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*[https://elevatesociety.com/how-champions-think-summary-review/ How Champions Think: Summary Review]
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*[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 ==
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* [[Lorena Ochoa]]
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* [[Tiger Woods]]
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* [[Arnold Palmer]]
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* [[British Inventions]]
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== External links ==
  
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*[[Lorena Ochoa]]
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*[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]]
  
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== References ==
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Latest revision as of 16:14, January 30, 2024

Golf green under a blue sky.

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 has become a popular sport, with several professional tours being run by groups such as the Professional Golf Association (PGA) or Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) where top prizes can reach $800,000. Only a few people ever play at a professional, level but many more enjoy Golf as a pastime or social activity. The oldest and most venerable golf clubs can be very exclusive institutions, with membership scarce and much sought after.

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

Video documentaries on the history of golf

Books related to playing better golf

How Champions Think: In Sports and in Life

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 for Golf”.[1]

Book summaries: How Champions Think: In Sports and in Life

See also

External links

References

  1. ↑ Dr. Bob Rotella, Ph.D.
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