Golf
Golf is one of the greatest sports known to man. For decades it has been referred to as the “gentleman’s sport” and it offers competitors the opportunity to engage in a competitive match while simultaneously taking in some of the most beautiful gifts that nature has to offer. The history of golf is such that the sport originated in the Netherlands but continued its development for five centuries in the British Isles. The oldest existing golf course in the world today is Scotland's Musselburgh Links which opened in 1672. Today, golf is becoming increasingly popular across all classes of society and is one of the premier competitive sports on the world scene.
Although PGA golf is considered to be the standard rule of play in golf, there are various other versions of the game which are also popular amongst the general public. Mini golf is an offshoot of the regular golf game in which competitors play a smaller course designed only for the smallest club n the bag; the putter. Various other golf games have sprung up around the sport which are very popular as well.
Popular culture has spread its influence all over the world through media presentations and magazine publications to make golf a multi-billion dollar industry. Golf Digest is among the most popular publications around the sport offering golf tips to its readers to improve their golf handicap as well as golf jokes and golf rules. Golf Magazine is another publication which is very popular as the very large and successful Golf Galaxy superstore sells everything from high end clubs to golf wedding favors.
The typical golf course consists of a series of holes that are carefully designed by professionals and manicured on a daily basis to maintain their competitive appeal. Golf course financing is an extremely expensive business as the maintenance of greens and fairways is extremely technical involving a science of specific grass cultivation that is still being perfected to this day. Most golf courses are built around eighteen different holes and the holes are designed in a given order. One round of golf typically consists of 18 holes that are determined by the layout of the course.
Golf has been enjoyed by millions of enthusiasts for decades and continues to be one of the most common means to entering into social circles amongst corporate executives and businessmen all over the world. As we enter this new age of global expansion, golf portends to be one of the major means to building relationships in both business and society such that executives continue to strive for improvement in their game in order to get ahead in a world of greater and great opportunity. Such is the game of life and the game of golf which has many colorful aspects and people to fill its arena.