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- More people play golf than any other outdoor sport. A
- fifth of these are female. Golf, like a keyboarding skill,
- depends far more upon effort than physical strength. Every
- year millions of golfers walk over golf courses swinging at
- a small, white ball with long, slender clubs. The required
- number of golf swings, or strokes, is the single measure of
- one's golfing skill. An expert player of golf will average
- four strokes a hole. This allows an average of two strokes
- to reach the green and two strokes to putt the ball towards
- and into the small hole. This average score is called par.
- If a golfer can demonstrate superior skill and get the
- ball into a par four hole in only three strokes, he is said
- to have birdied the hole. But, if the golfer requires more
- than four strokes, he is said to have bogied the hole. One
- stroke over par is a bogie, two over a double bogie. Quite
- a rare event in golf is an eagle. An eagle is a score that
- the golfer receives when he requires two fewer strokes than
- par allows to complete a hole. A golf hole includes a tee,
- a fairway, and a green. A golf course consists of eighteen
- holes. The playing of all holes is called a round of golf.
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