An Overview of Golf

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Summary: Golf is a game of strategy and skill; learn about golf basics such as par in this free online beginners golf video lesson.

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Ken Portnoy Ken holds a Ph.D. from New York University and has been an avid chess player for forty years. He is a rated player and has played and won several chess tourna... read more

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by Srini

I will be going golfing for the first time today. This whole series is by far the best video tutorial to jump start a neophyte. Now that I know the lingo I can showoff a a bit ;-) and practice the strokes. Thanks Ken

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An Overview of Golf

This is Ken and I'm here to talk to you about the basics of beginning golf. Now golf is a game that a lot of people play on the weekends. It is a game of strategy and of skills. The basic idea of golf is to take a little ball, which you tee off, and to get it into a hole, which is like anywhere from a three hundred to five hundred yards away from where you tee off... to do it in a few strokes as possible . Usually you are playing with a few people, and the person with the lowest score is the person who happens to win that round. There are eighteen particular holes in golf. Some of the whole is what they call par three, par four, and par five. What's the difference? The par three is that you basically you should get the ball in the hole in three strokes that's a par. Par four you get it in on four strokes. A par five you get it in five strokes. Thank you very much.