9 Fun and Interesting Facts About Golf
We all know what golf is about, don’t we? Being a game played on large open-air courses, golf offers a fun focused experience where a small ball is struck with a club with the objective to use the fewest possible stokes in order to complete the course and go through a series of small holes in the ground.
Here are some fun and interesting facts that you probably did not know about golf:
Golf is a professionally played sport with the lowest score wins (time-based racing games follow the same rule as well.)
Hot weather is your friend when you play golf. The rubber of the ball develops more resilience with the warm weather which generates more elasticity to the ball allowing it to leave the club with more force.
You could burn an average of 385 calories when you play golf if you carry your clubs during an hour of play while covering almost 2.5 miles in distance on a nine-hole course.
Can you think of a sport played on the moon? On 02/06/1971, Alan Shepard enjoyed swinging at and hitting two golf balls while on the moon.
Have you ever counted the dimples on your golf balls? If you do, you will be surprised to learn that golf balls might have anywhere from 300 to 500 dimples depending on the manufacturer.
The chances of making two holes-in-one in a round of golf are 1 in 67 million.
The world’s longest golf course is the international golf club which located in Massachusetts (7600 meters.)
The first golf balls used in the 16th century are believed to have been made out of wood.
Golf is not a gentleman’s only sports… almost 25% of golfers are women.