Shortly after joining a country club in the hills, I became addicted to golf. Golf is a traditional sport that has been around since the 15th century. There are over 35,000 different courses throughout the world with each track having its own unique layout, terrain and hazards. This leads to endless possibilities when searching for courses to challenge your skills on. Courses generally consist of nine holes or eighteen. The options are unimaginable when choosing where to play and it’s just you, your clubs, and a little white ball quietly strolling through some spectacular scenic nature. It’s an extraordinary game that can be played in so many memorable locations worldwide. I had a number of thoughts going into my first round of golf. I wondered what the next hole would bring and whether it would be full of water, sand, or just lined with trees. Brooklawn Country Club in Fairfield, Connecticut is my home course and is where I choose to spend …show more content…
I traveled toward the east coast scenery and decided to head north to the mountains. This was a drastic change as I headed to the Okemo Mountain Golf Course in Ludlow, Vermont. It was autumn and the middle of the fall foliage season. I enjoyed a glimpse of nature’s splendor while observing all the vibrant yellows, reds and oranges of the leaves. The course was visually so much different, yet I was still surrounded by different fascinating sights in nature. Can you imagine playing at a beach and then playing less than a mile from a ski mountain? The wildlife amongst the course was stunning. I lost my ball on one hole and when I went to look for it I came across a bear. I was scared, but also amazed at what animals live on the grounds of each golf course. There are such a variety of terrains, locations, and animals that I have come to encounter along different courses and it has drastically deepened my appreciation for
This new game that people were beginning to play in Scotland, seemed to take a hold of the people. At the time, the sport was open to all people- no fees to pay, no starting times- just a short game of golf that would always be followed by a trip to the local mead hall. Most golf played was on bets and times have not changed on that fact. Men would go and bet that they could beat the man next to them on the links, which at the time were only sandy, hilly pastures. It was because this game was at such a simple stage in its history; it required skill and finesse that almost all people could do. So, to meet the demand of the people, many courses were built along high bluffs on the eastern coastline in Scotland. It is here that nature developed dunes, ridges, gullies and hollows that would challenge the best of golfers.
For hundreds of years, golf has been an extremely popular and growing sport all around the world. Looking where golf is now, it is growing rapidly from the young to the elder population. The first round of gold was first played in the 15th century off the coast of Scotland, but it did not start to be played until around 1755. The standard rules of golf were written by a group of Edinburgh golfers. Today, people of the US, Scotland, and England, have been drawn to the game because it is fun, challenging, and hardly any athletic ability at all is required for amateurs. In breaking down the game, geometry plays a major
Every player who has visited Trailridge once could not stop praising its view. The lakes and the landscape of this golf course are so beautiful, that you will not only
Some people believe a golf course comprises of nothing more than a large green field or lawn. Although it may accept this visual aspect from a distance, a great golf course represents more than that. The mode the land is arrayed is really important to someone awaiting to purchase land to build a golf course. Whenever they select an extensive flat part of land, they will have a lot of hard work and expense in front of them whenever they want a golf course that golf players will prefer to keep getting back to.
Desert springs Golf Course is large and has a gorgeous green environment which is very appealing. Bunkers and waste-areas are strategically placed. Accuracy is vital on this course as there are 17 whopping water hazards which come into play. The course has seven sets of tees. This makes for accessibility and convenience for all levels of play. Desert Springs Golf Club is well known for testing the most skilled and talented players.
Fourteen clubs - four wedges, six irons, a rescue, a three wood, a driver, and a putter - this is golf. It is one of the most mentally challenging sports in the world. It can fool beginners who are deceived by its simplicity. Golf is often underestimated by those who have never attempted to play the sport. While it has often been known as a “rich man’s” sport, in recent years this perception has begun to change. There are a number of other generalizations made when talking about golf, yet these are most always from those who have never experienced, played, or followed the game. One should question how a critic with no knowledge of the activity could state whether or not golf should be considered a sport. Golf is a sport, regardless of what any critic has to say. Studies and experimentation, along with the experience itself, reveal all of the athletic aspects that make golf better than most sports.
The design features carries over lakes and ponds and features 27 holes of outstanding golf, which are divided into three nines: the Falls, Palms and Lakes. The lush fairways and beautiful course landscape make for an exciting and challenging round of golf.
Wide, well maintained fairways, and large, firm greens combine to make the course fun to play. The creators of the course designed it to offer plenty of landing spaces and 5 sets of tee boxes guaranteeing a legitimate chance at par, and hence making it a stimulating experience for golfers of all ability . Each hole has its own characteristics and each golfer will certainly find his or her favorite
The construction of a golf course should be highly professional to avoid any technical problems. There are many technical affairs involved in the construction process. If these are not applied properly, players may face troubles while playing on the golf course. Here comes the importance of experts who are specifically working in this large landscape construction and maintenance for long time. They can not only follow construct the land efficiently, but also coordinate with architects to plan the designing.
The golf course is an oasis of artificiality in a desert of flat land and unnatural colors. While the surrounding landscape is endlessly flat, with only the trees and buildings obstructing the planar geography, the golf course is a diverse landscape with hills,
One of the weaknesses of the golf course in my opinion are the trees. It quickly became evident that too many trees have been planted across the golf course. As already mentioned in this report, the trees are impacting growing conditions, encroaching into shot corridors, and obscuring vistas. Unfortunately, many of the trees are also poor species for use on a golf course. A longer range tree management program should be initiated to evaluate the existing trees and provide a pathway to selectively removing those that are of poor quality or that have unwanted impacts and improving the quality of the beneficial trees.
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.
I view golf a lot like learning because no matter how much closer I get to flawlessness, there is always more to do and improve on. My mind functions like a balanced chemical equation or perfectly solved math problem with only one perfect solution, no gray area. Yet, the fact that I have to endlessly work at the process of perfection is exactly what intrigues me, and I have come to terms with the fact that imperfection is part of perfection.
Golf is not only a skill desired by some, but also a lifestyle acquired by others. Golf is the motion of swinging a club back and forth, and hitting a ball, with the goal of making it in a small cup several hundred yards away. Yes that is golf, but it is so much more. Golf is a lifestyle, that most men over the age of 60 live, and keeps them away from their wife for the most part of the day. However, other than hiding from wives, golf is a skill most people should learn, as business transactions and weekends with the boss often occur on a golf course. Therefore, it is important to not only know how to play golf, but it is also a necessity to learn the lifestyle of country clubs in order to be the coolest guy on the golf course.
Golf is a precision club sport game in which competing players or golfers use various clubs to hit Balls into a series of holes. It is one of the few Ball games that do not require a standardizes playing area, instead the Game is played on a course, In general consisting of an arranged progression of either nine or 18 holes. Each hole on the course must contain a tee box to start from, and a putting green containing the actual hole.