1. 125,000 golf balls a year are hit into the water at
the famous 17th hole of the
Stadium Course at Sawgrass.
2. The longest drive ever is 515 yards. The longest
putt ever is a monstrous 375 feet.
3. Phil Mickelson, who plays left-handed, is actually
right handed. He learned
to play golf by mirroring his father’s golf swing, and he has used left
handed golf clubs ever since.
to play golf by mirroring his father’s golf swing, and he has used left
handed golf clubs ever since.
4. The chances of making two holes-in-one in a round of golf
are one in 67 million.
5. Tiger Woods snagged his first ace at the tender age
of eight years old.
6. Balls travel significantly further on hot days. A golfer swinging
a club at around
100 mph will carry the driver up to
eight yards longer for each increase in air
temperature of 25°F.
7. The longest golf course in the world is the par 77
International Golf Club
in Massachusetts which measures a fearsome 8325 yards.
in Massachusetts which measures a fearsome 8325 yards.
8. The highest golf course in the world is the Tactu
Golf Club in Morococha ,
Peru , which sits 14,335 feet above sea level at its lowest point.
Peru , which sits 14,335 feet above sea level at its lowest point.
9. The longest golf hole in the world is the 7th hole
(par 7) of the Sano Course
at the Satsuki Golf Club in Japan .
It measures an incredible 909 yards.
10. The largest bunker in the world is Hell's Half Acre
on the 585-yard 7th hole
of the Pine Valley
Course in New Jersey.
11. The largest golfing green is that of the 695-yard,
5th hole, a par 6
at the International
Golf Club in Massachusetts , with an area in excess of
28,000 square feet.
12. The driver swing speed of an average lady golfer is
62mph;
96mph for an average LPGA
professional;
84mph for an
average male golfer;
108mph for an average PGA Tour
player;
130mph for Tiger Woods;
148-152mph for a national long
drive champion.
13. There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf
ball.
14. The first golf balls were made of thin leather
stuffed with feathers.
Tightly-packed feathers made balls that flew the farthest. Feather balls
were used until 1848.
Tightly-packed feathers made balls that flew the farthest. Feather balls
were used until 1848.
15. The youngest golfer to shoot a hole-in-one was Coby
Orr,
who was five
years old at the time. It happened in Littleton, Colorado, in 1975.
16. 22.8% of golfers are women.
17. Golf was banned in Scotland from 1457 to 1502
to ensure citizens
wouldn't waste time
when preparing for an English invasion.
18. The term birdie comes from an American named
Ab Smith. While playing 1899,
he played what he described
as a "bird of a shot", which became "birdie" over
time.
19. The word golf does not mean "Gentleman Only, Ladies
Forbidden".
This is an internet myth. It
is thought the word golf comes from the Dutch word "kolf" or
"kolve", meaning "club". Historians
believe this was passed on to the Scottish, whose own dialect changed this to
"golve," "gowl" or "gouf". By the sixteenth
century, this had evolved into the word we know today.
20. Don't feel bad about your high handicap --- 80% of all
golfers will never achieve a handicap of less than 18.
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