If you watch a game, it's fun. If you play it, it's recreation. If you work at it, it's golf.
Bob Hope
Golf is a good walk spoiled.
Mark Twain
Golf News
Below we have a collection of news, stories and information on anything related to Sungolfer. and the World of golf.
Sungolfer coming soon.
We will soon have some great information on all the courses of Scotland.
New golfing destinations for the end of the year will be
Morocco
Tunisia
Costa Brava
Costa Blanca
Sungolfer Turkey
20th October 2008
Due to popular demand we are now offering Golf Holidays in Turkey.
The main Region of Belek and also Istanbul offer two great golfing locations.
Ireland Courses
5th August 2008
Ireland is an amazing place for golf and offers some great courses.
Sungolfer. have added all the courses for your information and enjoyment.
Sungolfer Video
5th April 2008
We have started to add some Great Videos.
Shots.
Commercials.
Views and stories.
Send your videos to review@sungolfer.com
I am sure you will Enjoy them.
Sungolfer Dozen Golf Ball Draw.
1st March 2008
We are please to announce every month we are sending out a dozen Golf Balls, please see Golf Ball Draw Competition for more information.
Good Luck and thanks for the reviews.
Ask the Pro.
23rd February 2008
We are adding this new area to the Website so that we can help with any questions about the Golf rules, Etiquette and all aspects of the golf swing.
Sean Stiff a PGA qualified professional, now based on the Costa del Sol will be happy to answer and help anyone with a question or a problem with their Golf.
Please send your questions to info@sungolfer.com
For more information on Sean Stiff please click Costa del Sol Golf Lessons
Dubai a new fantastic destination
18th December 2007
Sungolfer. is now happy to offer Golf Holiday Dubai. The City of Dubai is an amazing place which have some courses of the highest level.
Sungolfer News
Sungolfer would like to thank all our clients for all the positive emails we have recieved.
Sungolfer would like to thank all the Golf Courses we are partnered with who always look after our clients so well and thanks for all the golfing invites, we will be there soon.
Great destinations For the Perfect round of Golf.
Easy Tee Times booking
We have made tee times booking easier.
We believe that showing our prices and making the booking form simple is the best policy.
As always our service is fast, efficient and reliable.
Regards,
Sungolfer.
Golf Rules in brief
Introduction
Golf is a game in which a ball is struck with a club from a prepared area, known as the "teeing ground", across fairway and rough to a second prepared area, which has a hole in it, known as the "putting green".
The object of the game is to complete what is known as a hole by playing a ball from the teeing ground into the hole on the putting green in the fewest possible number of strokes. A "round of golf' consists of playing 18 such holes.
There are basically two forms of play, one which is decided by holes won and lost (match play) and the other which is decided by the total number of strokes taken to complete the round (stroke play).
There are three important principles to remember when playing golf:
Play the course as you find it. Play the Ball as it lies.
And if you can't do either, do what's fair."
To do what's fair you need to know the Rules. The following is a summary of the Rules of Golf, simplified where possible.
Etiquette
Etiquette covers both Courtesy and Priority on the Course as well as Care of the Course. Whilst the following points are not Rules as such they are an important part of the game.
1 Don't move, talk or stand close to a player making a stroke.
2 Don't play until the group in front is out of the way.
3 Always play without delay. Leave the putting green as soon as all players in your group have holed out.
4 Invite faster groups to play through.
5 Replace divots. Smooth footprints in bunkers.
6 Don't step on the line of another player's putt.
7 Don't drop clubs on the putting green.
8 Replace the flagstick carefully.
A brief history of the Golf Ball
What would the game of golf be without the golf ball? Not much of a game at all! But how much time have you spent thinking about the it`s history.
Golf balls have gone through many changes in their evolution. History shows four stages of the golf ball`s life. They started out wooden. then were leather stuffed with feathers, next came something called a ´Gutty´ ball and now, in it´s modern state, the golf ball is rubber-cored.
The firstballs, used in Scotland during the 16th Century, were made of wood. You can imagine how difficult it was to off with a wooden ball, but for over 100 years, that´s just what was done.
In the early 1600´s a new type of golf ball was created. It was called the ´featherie´ball. Made of leather and stuffed with wet feathers, it was believed that these balls would be much more efficient than their wooden predecessors. These balls became quite popular and were very expensive for the times. This may have been when golf began to become a sport that was out of the price range for many would be players!
The next evolution of the ball was the invention of the ´Gutty´ ball in 1948 by the Reverend Dr. Robert Adams. The ball was made from the dried sap of the Sapodilla tree. The sap felt like rubber and a ball was shaped by heating it up and forming the sphere while it was hot. While it was faster than the wooden or leather balls they still left a bit to be desired when trying to play a quick game.
Today, we play with a rubber ball. This design was invented by Coburn Haskell, with the B.F.Goodrich company in the late 1800´s. The balls have a solid rubber core and have very tight rubber threads wrapped around it. This was also the first golf ball that was dimpled. At the time, however, there was no standard size or weight for the golf ball. As golf became more popular and seriously played, the USGA established standards for the golf ball that we play with today.
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Cabopino Golf Article
Alcaidesa Golf Article
Alhaurin Golf Article
Calanova Golf Article
Dona Julia Golf Article
Santa Maria Golf Article
Marbella CC Golf Article
Estepona Golf Article
Any help or information needed for Your Golf holiday, golf break or golfing weekend Please contact info@sungolfer.com