How Golf Is A Sport

So, you want to be better at golf you say? Well these are my most helpful steps in the process of learning this technique. Maybe you want to take a few strokes off your game or maybe you just want to be the next Tiger Woods. One of the most known golfers of all time was Arnold Palmer who changed the game with his techniques. He has a long standing position in the golf community with a count of sixty- two PGA Tour wins. He accounted all his success to the grip he possessed that his father had taught him as child. It was not just the grip though, Arnold figured out the mechanics of the game as well as the motions which gave him the power to succeed. These procedures will help any person no matter what their skill level is to become the next big thing. This knowledge I am about to pass down has been a process of mastering golf in a fifteen year span with help and information from other golfers I personally know. There are three main points that make mastering a perfect swing which are grip, club face, and the swing which will be told in a step by step process.

Golf has been under fire for several years now about its legitimacy as a sport. People all have their different takes on the matter which has caused many debates to arise. The more popular claim is that golf is indeed a sport. What is a sport? According to Dictionary.com a sport is:“an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of acompetitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling,boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.” Golf is a sport because it meets all the requirements found in the definition of sport; It requires physical exertion, is played in a competitive manner, and requires a overwhelming amount of skill and time. Not to mention golf is literally used as an example in the definition of sport.

Good golf generally begins with a good grip. A golfer's power is generated by the movements of his body. This power is transferred from his body to his arms and from his arms to his hands. The hands are the only part of the body in contact with the club, so the proper grip is essential for quality shots. The most vital part of the grip is that both hands must act as one unit. With the back of the left hand facing the target, place the

“Once you have wrestled everything else in life is easy” – Dan Gable. This quote might not seem true to everyone but not everyone has wrestled. Wrestling is a difficult sport. Wrestling wears on you physically and mentally. The sport of wrestling has many difficult tasks and most people say that you don’t have to cut weight you really don’t but it’s part of the sport just like fouls are a part of basketball. Cutting weight is one of the hardest parts of the sport.

Golfing is a sport that many people enjoy taking part of. It used to be just a sport that older men enjoyed, but now, it is recognized as a sport for people of all ages and races. Men, women, and kids all enjoy the challenge that it presents because you not only have to learn the proper stance, but you have to learn the perfect golf swing.

The United States is home to many different kinds of sports. The most complex sports with the most rules seem to be sports like football, hockey, basketball and soccer. Golf is a sport where most people think of as one of the simplest sports, the objective is get a small white ball in a hole. There’s no question about it, football and basketball both have a lot of rules that an average person wouldn’t know or understand. But, any person knows the goal of golf is to put the ball in the hole. There’s not teamwork or having to get through people, it is just a club, a ball, and you. The holes might differ and the number of hazards are different but it is the most straight forward sport there is. But, along with being very straight to the point, there are a lot of rules and different etiquettes that

Golf is a game of skill. To be an avid golfer, there are so many techniques and skills to master. Even the slightest movement can change your hit from hitting it straight onto the green to slicing the ball into the trees. There are very few that are masters at this sport. In Los Angeles, California there are 10 golf courses, while in Oxford, Ohio there is only one.

How many of you have ever tried to play corn hole? Now make the bean bag about a third of that size, hard, and also make the hole, your target about half of the size it was. Now instead of being 27 feet from the target, go back about 300 yards and hit it with a stick, now you have golf.

The United States is home to many different kinds of sports. The most complex sports with the most rules seem to be sports like football, hockey, basketball and soccer. Golf is a sport where most people think of as one of the simplest sports, the objective is get a small white ball in a hole. There’s no question about it, football and basketball both have a lot of rules that an average person wouldn’t know or understand. But, any person knows the goal of golf is to put the ball in the hole. There’s not teamwork or having to get through people, it is just a club, a ball, and you. The holes might differ and the number of hazards are different but it is the most straight forward sport there is.

With simplified overview of golf it is suitably described as a long durations of low intensity activity interspersed with short duration high intensity activity

Golf is a sport that primarily requires concentration, accuracy, flexibility. Golf may not appear particularly physical but success in this challenging and often frustrating sport is dependent on several fitness components (Dale, n.d.).

Obviously a lot of time, effort, research, and money were put forth into the development of the golf ball, as it is manufactured today. The reason for this ongoing process is to help a golfer use some laws of physics to his advantage (i.e. placing spin on the ball to create lift) while finding a work around for other physical properties that can be detrimental to a players golf game (i.e. drag which causes the ball to slow down and fly closer to the ground). When examining the physics, which surrounds the game of golf, one must carefully consider all aspects of the game, not just the golf ball or even just the equipment being used. The stroke is by far the most important aspect to any participants round of golf. Among the scientific community, an event, such as the golf stroke, is thought of as a dynamic process using the physical principals of mechanics based on Newton's Laws of motion. The stroke is actually three separate events; the swing of the club, the impact of the club head with the ball, and the flight of the ball toward the target. It is the sum of these three parts that makes a successful stroke. Before delving into the details of the golf stroke, it is important for one to consider the general concepts of motion that control the swing of the golf club. Two men are most influential in this area of study, Galileo Galilee and Isaac Newton. It is the principles of these two men that

Arnold Palmer said it best. “Golf is deceptively simple and endlessly complicated; it satisfies the soul and frustrates the intellect.” The straightforward yet difficult facet has always drawn me to the sport. Golf has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember and I love all aspects about it: the competitiveness, the focus required, the life lessons, and the bonding it can create. The game of golf is my passion.

The other most important item that you need on the course is a golf club. The mathematics behind a golf club is shown just by the amount of different clubs that are need in a given game. They’re a thousands of different types of golf clubs that each are designed in a why that changes the direction and distance of a golf ball. There are two major types of clubs, a wood and an iron, in the old days they didn’t have all these different clubs, but as golf has evolved these new inventions have made playing the game easier and more enjoyable.

Many people take up Golf thinking that it is easy, after all, how hard can it be to hit a little white ball with a stick? This thinking evaporates the first time they step onto a driving range and attempt to hit that little white ball. Golf is not easy by any stretch of the imagination. My experience with golf began in May of 2005 when friends came to stay with us; my wife informed me that I would have to take Roy, her friend’s husband Golfing. I had not been to a driving range (since I was in my teens) and I had never played golf on a course before. It was quite an experience; the weather was cold, rainy and nasty the three times we played while they where here, the game hooked me badly, even with the bad shots and the nasty weather.