golf
Golf is a precision club-and-ball sport, in which competing players (golfers), using many types of clubs, attempt to hit balls into each hole on a golf course while employing the fewest number of strokes. Golf is one of the few ball games that does not require a standardized playing area.
A golf course consists of a series of holes, each with a teeing area that is set off by two markers showing the bounds of the legal tee area,Different levels of grass are varied to increase difficulty, or to allow for putting in the case of the green.A typical golf course consists of 18 holes but nine hole courses are common and can be played twice through for 18 holes.
When the initial shot on a hole is a long-distance shot intended to move the ball a great distance down the fairway, this shot is commonly called a “drive.” Shorter holes generally are initiated with “shorter” clubs.Once the ball comes to rest, the golfer strikes it again as many times as necessary using shots that are variously known as a lay-up, an approach, a “pitch”, or a chip, until the ball reaches the green, where he or she then putts the ball into the hole (commonly called “sinking the putt”).
In match play, two players (or two teams) play each hole as a separate contest against each other. The party with the lower score wins that hole, or if the scores of both players or teams are equal the hole is “halved” (tied). The game is won by the party that wins more holes than the other.the match is deemed to be won by the party in the lead, and the remainder of the holes are not played. For example, if one party already has a lead of six holes, and only five holes remain to be played on the course, the match is over.