Basic Golf Technique & Equipment

INTRODUCTION:
James IV of Scotland. Ever familiar with this name? How about Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus and our local players P. Gunasegaran and M. Ramayah? Mirror-mirror of the world, what the fairer game of all? Combining the strong mentality and technique, it goes to a fair game. Back to those names, for your information, all of them are golf players. Golf belongs to the group of sports best described as target ball games, such as snooker and bowling.Golf has been played 2 centuries before Kolven pictures were painted.The novelist Sir Walter Scott doubted that the word golf came from the verb “to growff” meaning hit.Golf is all about tradition.

BODY:
A) Etiquette
1. Courtesy on the course
Safety – prior to playing or making practice swing, the player should ensure that there is no one standing near or close by the position to be hit by the club.Consideration for Other Players – The player who has honor should be allowed to play or hit the ball first. No one should talk or stand near the player or directly behind the ball when player addressing the ball.Pace of Play – In the interest of all, players should not play without delay. If they’re so slow, they should give the players behind them to pass through.

2) Priority on the course
In the absence of special rules, 2 players or 2-ball matches should have precedence over and be entitled to pass any three or four-ball match.

3) Care of the Course
Holes in the bunkers- before leaving the bunker, a player should carefully fill up and smooth the all footprints.Replace divots; Repair Ball-Marks and Damage by Spikes- the player should repair any damaged that he or she have done on the putting green by golf shoe spikes and the ball itself.


B) Golf Technique
1) The grip of golf
a) Baseball grip
b) Interlock grip
c) Overlap grip
2) The swing of golf
a) Up swing
b) Down swing
c) Follow throw
3) The different shot by golfer
a) Straight shot
b) Draw shot
c) Fade shot
d) Hook shot
e) Slice shot

C) The Golf Equipment
1. Standard golf bag (1.4 meter); Junior golf bag (0.7-0.8 meter) and half set golf (that can only suit in 7 types of iron)
2. Glove
3. Golf Ball
4. Tee
5. Marker
6. Score card
7. Golf shoe
8. Proper entire
9. Cap
10. Wood
a.No. 1 ( called as driver )
b.No. 3
c.No. 5
11. Iron
a.No. 3 to no. 9
b.Pitching wedge (PW) and sand wedge (SW)
c.Putter

CONCLUSION
We hope that our presentation will make all of you understand roughly about Golf. The main important things are that you must try to play golf and than you will feel the greatest of it.
Thank you and have a nice day to play golf.