| > | | | | over them risk a penalty or their stroke may be |
| Golf thus far has always been considered a sport | | | | canceled. From this point generally the ball is |
| practiced only by the elite, but in recent years is | | | | supported with a special instrument called tee, which |
| spreading and its popularity among people is growing. | | | | consists of a small piece of wood or plastic that |
| Normal 0 14 false false false IT X-NONE X-NONE | | | | sticks in the ground. In each hole there are several |
| MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ | | | | areas of departure for men and women, that, being |
| table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Tabella | | | | on average shorter in the long shots, had an |
| normale"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; | | | | advantage, in addition, the tees are back for |
| mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; | | | | professionals than for amateurs. |
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| mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm | | | | In building golf courses, you must bear in mind the |
| 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; | | | | overall design, from hole to possible obstacles. Many |
| mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; | | | | holes have a few obstacles to make the game more |
| mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; | | | | difficult but also very compelling. There are bunkers, |
| font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; | | | | usually on the sides of the fairway or before a |
| mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; | | | | putting green, which hampers the output being full of |
| mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; | | | | sand. Frontal water obstacles, indicated by yellow |
| mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; | | | | stakes, or lateral instead marked with red stakes, are |
| mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; | | | | made by rivers, seas, lakes, streams and deep pools, |
| mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; | | | | but also empty, which is always difficult to play and is |
| mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; | | | | common to lose a ball. You can play from a water |
| mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; | | | | hazard, but without touching the ground before |
| mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} The positive factors | | | | making the shot. If you would prefer to pull the ball |
| are many, for example, is relaxing and beneficial, | | | | outside of the obstacle or if the ball is lost within the |
| without risk to health and virtually no | | | | obstacle, you can drop the ball, according to some |
| contraindications, requires no athletic but a bit of | | | | rules, under penalty of one stroke. |
| stretching before the game or training, you can | | | | |
| spend several hours outdoors and well suited to any | | | | An important moment is that of the putting green, a |
| age, there are schools that accept children from the | | | | grass area more shaved, within which there is a hole |
| age of 5 years and there is no upper age limits for its | | | | with the flag. |
| practice. The golf courses are usually made of 9, 18, | | | | The fairway is an extended area consisting of grass |
| 27 or 36 holes: this is because a round of golf usually | | | | shaved to make it easy to play the ball. Normally it |
| takes place over 18 holes. Each hole consists of | | | | extends from just beyond the starting area until you |
| various areas, some are always present, while others | | | | get near the putting green of the hole, and |
| have difficulties that exist only in specific holes, and | | | | horizontally for a few tens of meters. On either side |
| are therefore defined obstacles. | | | | of the fairway is the rough, or very tall grass that |
| | | | | makes it difficult to play the ball, designated to punish |
| The starting area (TEE) is an area with grass | | | | those players who do not throw straight. The |
| carefully shaved, from which golfers leave for the | | | | fairway of a hole is not always right: it can turn right |
| play of a hole. The players have to hit for the first | | | | or left during the pit: this is defined as a dogleg. |
| time before or behind some special stakes: if they go | | | | |