It is a set of practices designed to make the sport safer for the golfers and to minimize damage to the golf courses and equipment. If any player gets involve in serious breaching of these etiquettes, then he/she may be disqualified by the course authorities.
Some of the serious breaches are:-
In golf, players mark each other’s scorecards and not their own. The score of the golfer is expressed as the difference between the no. of strokes and the par score. Certain scores are given names as below:-
In golf, a penalty is awarded in the form of an additional stroke or strokes are added to the golfer’ score for an infringement of the rules.
Some of the situations in which penalties are assessed are:-
Declaring the ball unplayable in its current lie. In this situation, a substitute ball is placed at a penalty of one stroke.
Year 1618
The feather golf ball or 'Featherie' was introduced
Year 1848
The gutta-percha golf ball was invented
Year 1880s
Golf bags first came into use
Year 1898
Coburn Haskell introduced the one-piece rubber cored ball
Year 1905
The first time a dimple pattern was applied to a golf ball
Year 1908
Club head made with grooves for more backspin
Year 1925
Steel golf club shafts were introduced in the US golf at St Andrews golf at St Andrews
Year 1939
The maximum of 14 clubs in a bag rule was introduced
Year 1951
The center shafted putter, was legalized
Year 1962
The first powered golf car appeared, invented by Merlin L. Halvorson.
Year 1963
The casting method of manufacturing clubs heads was introduced
Year 1972
Spalding introduced the first two piece ball, the Executive.
Year 1973
The graphite shaft was introduced
Year 1991
Big Bertha oversized wood which was introduced
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