The document provides a comprehensive guide to golf, covering skills, etiquette, rules, and equipment essential for players. It emphasizes the importance of proper stance, dress code, identifying golf balls, and selecting the right clubs for distance control. Additionally, it includes tips on how to enhance one's game and adhere to golf traditions.

2. All u need to know about golf
in Bitesize pieces
Keep an eye out for the golf ball characters.
They will help you with skills and drills as well as
neat little tips and tricks to help you become a
great player
Swing Ball
Here you will find everything you'll need
to know about how to play all the shots
Think Ball
This guy will help you understand the
etiquette of the game
Know Ball
Making the rules of golf easy to
understand is what the Know Ball is all
about
Learn Ball
Wow, there's so much to learn, here you
can pick up lots of useful knowledge and
facts about the game.
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3. Set up
Standing to play your shot is known as addressing
the ball, if you start off in position 'A' you will
improve your chances of playing some great golf.
a
Targeting
Get into the habit of standing behind the
ball and looking down the line you want
to hit the ball along.
b
Picture
Imagine railway lines, the ball
goes along one side of the track
and you stand on the other.
c
Play
Make sure the club swings away
and through the line to the
target as you play your shot.
r Every golf shot starts from behind the ball, whether you
are putting or driving the ball from the tee.
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4. Dress
Just like other sports, golf has a dress code. It is similar
to a football strip or other clothing you would wear to
take part in an activity.
Golf is full of tradition and as such it demands certain
standards when it comes to what the players wear and
how they act. These standards are known as etiquette and
it's something that golf is well known for.
Smart
Golf wear is modern, stylish and smart, this
is a guide to help you understand what's generally
accepted at golf clubs and what's not.
Shirts - Long or short sleeved, they should have
a collar. The shirt should always remain tucked
in.
Trousers and shorts - Should be smart
casuals, what's known as tailored
and similar to what you would wear as
part of a school uniform.
Shoes - Best to get some golf shoes
as they give support and grip.
Most golf shoes also offer some
waterproofing to keep your feet dry.
Hats, caps and visors -
Baseball style caps are very
popular and come in many
different designs. The important things to
remember are to always take your cap off when you go into the clubhouse
r Denim jeans, football kits, tracksuits, collarless t-shirts
are usually not acceptable at most private clubs.
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5. Identity
Golf balls have lots of different markings on them, they
will have the manufacturers brand and they might have
the model name and a number.
The number allows players to play with the same make of
ball but just with a different number on it so they know it's
theirs.
What would happen if someone playing a different
hole hits their ball close to yours and they are
exactly the same make, model and number?
The rules of golf state that you must be able to
identify your ball, but in this instance it is not
possible so you would have to take a penalty of 1
stroke and go back to where you
played your last stroke from.
One way of avoiding this is to put
your own special markings onto the
ball you are going to play with.
This way you will always know which
is your ball
and you won't have to add on any
unwanted penalty shots to your
score.
r You must tell your partners and opponents exactly what
ball you're playing with at all times.
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6. Drive
On a longer hole, you will probably want
to drive your ball as far down the
fairway as you can. The 1 Wood
or Driver as it is known is
the longest hitting
club in
Tee the ball
up so the middle of the
ball is in line with the top
edge of your golf club.
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Irons
The irons have numbers on them and
these numbers tell the player how far they
will hit the ball.
The higher the number the higher the ball will fly and the
shorter the shot will be.
Each of your clubs will send the ball a maximum distance
and you have to judge how far you want to hit the ball and
then select the right club.
r When you're practising, make a note of how far you are
hitting each club.
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7. Spot the 10 differences
Find 16 Tour players
Tiger
MA NA S S E RO Daly
Seve
I L T I GE R Y D McIlroy
CM U L OV E AO casey
clarke
K DC A S E Y NO westwood
yang
E O L Y L E Q GW rose
LN AM R O S E T els
mickelson
S A R N T O I L S donald
love
O L K D A L Y S E manassero
faldo
N DE F A L DOX lyle
answer these 4 questions to find the name of the championship played each year
on British links courses
1. Sometimes called the cup, it's 11 cms across
2. The stroke you take on the green
3. Pitching, lob or sand ?
4. It fills the bunkers
18 answers on page 19.

8. contact:
Shaun McBride
SMB Golf
07813 177613
shaunmcbridegolf@hotmail.com
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