| Nintendo Wii GOLF game: | | | | trust your club just maintain your normal smooth |
| I was impressed with the Wii interactive golf | | | | swing do not change your swing just change the |
| game, had great fun playing Wii pro-golf What | | | | club. |
| was surprising most of the family including adults | | | | Forms of Competition |
| did not understand any of the golf terms or how | | | | NOTE GOLF is the only game I know when the |
| to play golf? This was a dis-advantage even with | | | | players ALL start with the same chance of |
| a computer game They could only play at | | | | winning, for example if your handicap is 20 and |
| beginners level, those keen to learn the terms | | | | the person you are playing has a handicap of 10 |
| and rules, so could play the pro-game. So the | | | | then they would need to beat you by 11 stokes |
| intent of this article is to teach the basis of golf. | | | | to win. |
| Every one knows in football what a goal is, in golf | | | | Match play: This is played hole by hole, the player |
| they may not know what a Birdie is? | | | | taking the least number of stokes between tee |
| Basic information All Free WOULD YOU LIKE TO | | | | and hole wins the hole. The one who wins the |
| SAVE TEN SHOT ON YOUR NEXT ROUND | | | | most holes wins *once handicaps have been |
| Very basic information: for the true beginner. This | | | | taken into account. |
| is only intended for those new to golf and just | | | | Stroke play you need to play consistent golf over |
| starting. We all had to learn, just a brief in-sight to | | | | the 18 holes hole the winner is the player taking |
| the game of golf. Please remember that golf is a | | | | the fewest stokes over the full 18 holes. |
| game our trust and honor, it is quite easy to | | | | Again once handicaps have been taken into |
| cheat; NEVER cheat play by the rules, if you are | | | | account. |
| known to cheat you will lose the respect of your | | | | The term par refers to the number of strokes |
| fellow golfers. Most aspects of the game are | | | | the pro-golf would use in completing a particular |
| covered in the many pages of instruction on our | | | | hole. |
| web page, however if you do need advice or help | | | | Par ranges from three to five stokes. If you |
| with your game or selection of equipment please | | | | made par on every hole your total score would |
| e-mail us please unique service - it is all FREE | | | | be 72 for 18 holes -which is why the course is |
| including a FREE PDF copy of the Hand Book of | | | | referred to as a par 72. |
| Golf 100 pages of golf instruction and illustrations' | | | | General Course information: |
| learn to play real golf this week end. The published | | | | On short holes 100-200 yd they are called par |
| copy has sold over 5000 copies, is yours FREE | | | | three holes, it is possible to make a hole in one, |
| contact us. | | | | with a perfect shot and more than a fair share of |
| Golf Course | | | | luck. |
| Golf an outdoor game; the course is about 7000 | | | | Long par five holes vary in distance between 450 |
| yards divided into sections called holes. | | | | and 550 yards all with varying degrees of |
| Individual holes may vary in length from 100 to | | | | difficulty, which on your score card we be shown |
| 550 yards; each hole begins at the tee and ends | | | | as Index a hole which index 1 is considered to be |
| at the hole, to complete the hole the golf ball | | | | the most difficult hole to play, the higher the |
| must be propelled into the hole. The object of the | | | | number the easier the hole. |
| game is to advance the ball around the course | | | | Tee |
| using as few strokes as possible. | | | | Is the area from which you play the first shot on |
| From the tee each player tries to drive the ball | | | | every hole? A-tee is also the small peg, which you |
| onto the fairway, a carefully tended strip of land, | | | | place in the ground on the Tee area place the ball |
| the fairway is short grass, on either side there will | | | | on top so you get a clean contact with the ball |
| be rough areas of long grass, bushes, or trees. | | | | when you drive the ball towards the fairway. |
| Also hazards natural and man made, including | | | | Par |
| sand-filled bunkers, water hazards lakes, and | | | | The number of golf strokes a pro-player would |
| ponds. At the far end of the Fairway is the | | | | expect to take on each hole (or better). |
| putting green, the grass short and smooth, not | | | | Bogey |
| necessarily flat most greens have contours, down | | | | One stoke over par. So if the hole is on the card |
| hill - up hill slopes to the hole, the short grass is | | | | as a par 4 and you take 5 strokes from tee to in |
| smooth like a snooker table and will permit the ball | | | | the hole that is refer to as a bogey hole. |
| to roll easily after it has been given a gentle | | | | Birdie |
| stroke know as a putt. | | | | Is one stroke under par so again if the hole on |
| Golf: Main shots | | | | the card is shown as a par 4 and you only take 3 |
| Drive: which hopefully is a long shot from the tee? | | | | strokes from tee to in the hole you have play |
| The approach shot is played from the fair way | | | | well and it is referred to as a birdie. |
| towards the green - a number of different clubs | | | | Eagle |
| can be used Long Irons - Fairway woods. Your | | | | Two strokes under par. Now that is very rare |
| selection will depend on the distance to the green | | | | and when you start score eagles then you for |
| and other key factors, such as the wind where | | | | sure will not need this book any more. |
| your ball has landed. (In the rough, on the fairway, | | | | One last comment |
| or even in a fairway bunker) | | | | I wish you luck and enjoyment in every game |
| Once within 100yds of the green it becomes a | | | | you play. Save your self a great deal of time a |
| chip shot - normally played with a pitching wedge. | | | | frustration: Learn the basic mechanics of the |
| Normal set of 14 golf clubs are divided into those | | | | game, check your set up in the mirror. Then you |
| known as woods, with large heads now made of | | | | are ready to practice. Not just driving every |
| metal and those know as irons with heads made | | | | aspect of the game your set-up pre-shot routine, |
| of steel or titanium. The shafts can be made of | | | | most of all your short game. |
| steel or graphite. | | | | There are also page of instruction in the Problems |
| Woods are numbered 1 to 5, the irons in the bag | | | | and instruction section. Or send for your FREE |
| normally numbered 3 to 9 which include your | | | | PDF copy of Hand Book of Golf. |
| pitching wedge -sand wedge - putter. One of the | | | | No need to spend thousands of pounds on |
| strange things in golf the lower the number on | | | | equipment, you can purchase good golf equipment |
| the club the more distance it is design to hit. E.G. | | | | that is in your price range contact us for FREE |
| your 3 Iron should go 200 yards; your 9 Iron will | | | | advice. |
| only go 110 yards. One golden rule we teach is | | | | |