Golf

Real golfers will agree that golf is not just a sport but a philosophy and a way of life in which the symbiosis of nature and recreation is especially pronounced. Probably in no other sport is this dependence of man and nature so pronounced. The following golden rule of golfers perhaps best describes the state of a golfer’s awareness of nature: “I understand that a golf course grows and develops over time. The trees don't get smaller over time. I promise that I will not express my frustration because of the ball that ended up in the canopy of a big tree on a young tree or bush. "

golf (engl., perhaps from niz. kolf: stick), sports game with a ball and a stick on a spacious field of 60 to 70 ha. The playground consists of 18 or, less frequently, 9 grass fields 100 to 500 m long and 20 to 60 m wide, ending in a 10.8 cm diameter hole in the middle of a low-cut grass section. Fields are usually surrounded by natural and artificial barriers (tall grass, shrubs, groves, sand, streams, ponds). The game begins with the starting clearing, from where the player strikes with a stick an inelastic ball of hard rubber, 4.1 to 4.5 cm in diameter, from one field to another. The goal of the game is to throw the ball into the holes of all fields in a row with as few strokes as possible. Depending on the distance from the hole, the position of the ball and the type of impact, several sticks are used, which differ in material, size and weight, and in the shape of the flat blade that completes their lower part.

A game similar to golf was played in ancient Rome, and modern golf originated in 15th-century Scotland. Today, golf is played all over the world, mostly in the US, UK and Australia, and the best professional players are becoming sports idols with huge profits