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Golf is a sport that you don’t immediately fall in love with, but something that you gradually develop a taste for once you start following it. My bet is that you probably developed a taste for the game after visiting the driving range or after following it on television or maybe just after playing Golden Tour slot machine at an online casino. But you are probably wondering how to get started with the game as most beginners do not have a clue as to how the game is played. That which extremely simple on television can actually turn out to be quite a tricky sport where one has to keep a lot of factors in mind in order to start playing. Many people are deceived by the outward simplicity of the game and think that they can pick it up without any formal training and coaching. After all how tough can it be to hit a ball with a club right? Well the first thing one should keep in mind is that golf is an extremely technical sport and cannot be picked up without any training.

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Golf is undeniably one of the most popular sports that are played around the world. The rule of the game is very simple. Using clubs, players should shoot the golf balls into the designated holes in the fewest strokes possible. The following are some fun facts that you might not know about golf.

The birth of a game

Golf was invented in the fifteen century in Scotland. The first professional game that was ever played is the Edinburgh Silver Cup. It has been played about two centuries after the invention of golf. When the professional game was played there were only thirteen rules. Today, there are thirty-four rules. The
authority in golf ball is the United States Golf Association and the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews.

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The true origins of the game now called golf have been hotly debated over the years, as throughout history almost every civilisation has played some form of game with a club and a ball. Various competing ideas have been put forward as to its initial derivation and over the years there have been many different ways to play. Probably the one constant that is universally accepted, is that the original essence of the modern game can trace its origins back to the pastime of