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When people daydream about becoming the best of the best, the top of their chosen field, few pause to consider the potential drawbacks that such elevation may bring. Yet, for those who are truly remarkable within their own discipline, being so vastly superior to all the other competition can be surprisingly difficult to comprehend. Being [...]
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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 [...]
Tags: Burgess, Edinburgh Scotland, Famous Players, First Game, Golf Clubs, Golfing, Historians, Hole Golf Course, Humble Beginnings, King Of England, Literacy Levels, Medieval Times, Monarch, Rabbit Holes, Royal And Ancient Golf, Scottish Game, Scottish Roots, Sheep Flocks, Social Origins, Worldwide Appeal
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 [...]
Tags: 19th Hole, Apron, Attempt, Backer, Chunk, Competition Golf, Drunk, Feet, Golf Course, Golf Terminology, Golf Terms, Golfers, Grass, Heart, Lead, Mulligan, Novice, Replay, Sake, Stroke
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Anyone who takes up golf will have one immediate and expensive concern to take care of – the equipment. And we are not talking about offensively garish knitwear and those hats with sun visors on them although, if you are interested, those will cost a pretty penny too. No, think more along the lines of [...]
For many of us, a holiday is an opportunity to get away from things and sit by a pool, catching some sun and having a quiet period of relaxation and contemplation. Some of us do not deal so well with staying still all the time and need to have a bit more to do with [...]
Tags: Algarve, Belfry, Contemplation, Doral, Fabulous Courses, Few Rounds, Gentle Exercise, Golfing Holiday, Golfing Holidays, K Club, Naples, Portuguese Algarve, Quiet Period, Right Time, Ryder Cup, Splendid Isolation, St Andrews, Sun Lounger, Time Check, Travel Agent
There is something amazing about the world’s number one male golfer in this day and age – and it is not just his race, although this makes him pretty unique. No, Tiger Woods is remarkable for so many reasons that he transcends race, and makes the curiosity value that surrounded him for much of his [...]
Tags: Adult Amateurs, American Television, Curiosity Value, Eight Months, Game, Golf Club, Holes, Left Knee, Male Golfer, Mixed Race, Navy, No Doubt, Pga Tour, Phenomenon, Prospects, Tiger, Tiger Woods, Top Of The World, Woods Place
