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Golf is a sport in which individual players or teams hit a ball into a hole using various clubs, and also is one of the few ball games that does not use a fixed standard playing area.

The aim of golf is simple: hit a small ball into a hole with the fewest possible shots, 18 times.
A standard golf course is made up of 18 holes. The first shot on each hole is played from a teeing area (known as a tee) with the ball usually being placed on a plastic or wooden peg (also known as a tee).

Scoring

The score on a golf course is made up of the number of shots you take to hit a ball into a hole. So if a player take 90 shots to go around a course and another takes 92, first player is the winner.

Scoring in golf centres around the "par" for the course. Par is the number of shots (or strokes) a top-class golfer is expected to take to play each hole based on its length and difficulty. It also refers to an expected total of shots for the whole round of 18 holes.

Par for a course usually ranges between 70 and 72 shots but most golfers never match that. Par for a hole is usually between three and five shots.If you take four shots on a par-four hole you make par. Take three shots on a par-four hole (i.e. one less than par) and you call it a birdie. Take five shots on a par-four hole (i.e. one shot more than par) and you've got a bogey.

The number of shots you play on each hole is counted , which are added together for your total score for the round.