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Golf in the UK


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	Playing golf
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INTRODUCTION

A brief introduction to golf in the UK.

Buy products connected with golf:

Golf book ; Golf DVD ; Ticket to a golf tournament

COMPETITIONS

In 2008, the British Open Championship (a major) is at Royal Birkdale (in England, near Liverpool) from 17-20 July. For details, see: http://www.opengolf.com.

The Ryder Cup is a competition between top European and US golfers. It takes place every two years. The results of the last events were:
September 2002 (34th Ryder Cup at The Belfry, Sutton Coldfield, England): Europe won by 15.5 to 12.5
September 2004 (35th Ryder Cup at Oakland Hills, US): Europe won by 18.5 points to 9.5
September 2006 (36th Ryder Cup at the K Club, County Kildare, Ireland): Europe won by 18.5 points to 9.5
The 37th Ryder Cup will be at the Valhalla Golf Club, Louisville, Kentucky, US from 16-21 September 2008
The official website for this event is: http://www.rydercup.com

For the latest news about golf tournaments, see the BBC website: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/golf

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PLAYING GOLF

Putting

Course at Gairloch in Scotland

Fore!

You can find a golf course or driving range using UpMyStreet: http://www.upmystreet.com. Select Find My Nearest … , enter a postcode or town name, select Find by category and choose Sport & leisure then Golf. The nearest ones will be listed first.

If you want to arrange a holiday to play golf on a course in the UK, a company which offers such golf breaks is: http://www.golfbreaks.com.

Click here to subscribe online to: Golf Monthly magazine
	Know the Game: Golf Publisher: A & C Black Date: April 2001	Bluff Your Way in Golf Author: Peter Gammond Publisher: Oval Books (book information) Date: December 1999
	Scotland's Golf Courses: The Complete Guide Author: Vic Robbie Publisher: Mainstream Publishing Date: March 2002	All Courses Great and Small: A Golfer's Pilgramage to England and Wales Author: James W. Finegan Publisher: Simon & Schuster Date: November 2003

VOCABULARY

If English is not your first language, here is some vocabulary which may help you to understand golf on television:

general: a round of golf, a handicap, pin placement, fore!, a play-off, a good/flat lie
equipment: a golf club (shaft, head), an iron (number 1 to number 9), a driving iron, a pitching/sand wedge, a wood, a driver, a putter, a golf ball, a caddy
scores on a hole: level par, a birdie (=1 under par), an eagle (=2 under par), a bogey (=1 over par), a double bogey (=2 over par)
course: the fairway, the green, the rough, a bunker, a hole (number 1 to number 18), a flag, the clubhouse
shots: a tee shot, a swing, a hook, a slice, a pitch, a drive, a hole in one, a stroke/shot, short/long shot, a trajectory

Distances are often expressed in yards rather than meters. 1 yard is about 0.91 meters.

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LINKS

Sport in the UK: Life/Sport
Monthly guide to events in the UK: Ideas/Events

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