Golf – The Game of Patience & Enthusiasm

Whenever we hear the name of golf we filled up with all the excitements and enthusiasms. When we get through our first hole that moment of achievement becomes memorable for us but not everyone is blessed with the qualities that are needed while playing golf that is a personality, attitude and belief. Unlike many games golf is always considered as the game of aristocrat and elite people and till the date has been able to sustain the attraction of many people.

Golf is one of the contemporary games which has been believed to be originated in the 15th century Scotland in the middle ages and its ancient origin is always been a topic of a debate. The game however didn’t advance in its popularity until the late 19th century in United Kingdom to British Empire and further spread its roots in United States. This game in its initial times not exactly the way it’s now being played has been assumed to be held in 26 February 1297 in Loenen aan de Vecht where it was played by the Dutch with a stick and a leather ball. The person who hit the hit the ball with the minimum stokes and making it reach to its target several yards away is declared to be the winner. There are many other claims have been given by few scholars about its origin and on the way it has been played in different parts of the world. However with the transitory time the game went through many transformation and players now have to maintain all the terms and conditions of the game.

Golf too now is played on international level involving professional played taking part in the different tournaments in championship like cricket and football. Famous tournaments like Masters Tournament, US Open and The Open Championship and the most famous Professionals Golfers Association Tournament which now has gained world recognition. Players like Tiger Woods, Sam Snead, Byron Nelson and even woman player like Babe Didrikson Zaharias has earned their fame as the professional players of golf. Though the game needs the player to have the patience and concentration it gives you the most amazing pleasure and satisfaction when we get through our first target of striking the ball into the hole.

Golf soon gained much importance in the world and people in the different parts of the world involved themselves in its practicing. It became one of the great pastimes for the people of Great Britain in 17th century and the same was the condition of golf throughout the world. The first British Open was a tournament held in 1860 is still in practice today and it was the main reason which made it popular and provided it with the designation of sport and extended its root in the entire world. The popularity of the game resulted in the foundation of its first permanent Golf Club in Montreal, Canada (North America) and was named “Canada’s Royal Montreal Club.” United States too wasn’t left untouched with the highly spreading flow of Golf and went with it with the decision of implementation of the golf and constructed the first 18-hole courses in The Chicago Golf Club in Wheaton, Illinois, in 1893. It didn’t stop here but its development continued by making many golf fields worldwide. Among which few gained much importance like Pine Valley in New Jersey (U.S.A), Fisher Island Club in New York (U.S.A) and Royal Liverpool Golf Club in England and by getting accepted by the government of many countries.

Alike every other game there is few decided equipment which are used to make one set of golf. The set is comprises of driver, the 3-wood, 3-,5-,7- and 9- irons, the pitching wedge, the sand wedge and putter. Golf balls come next in the list and will cost us quite an expensive amount. Once we are done with buying all the equipment we need a golf bag to carry all those in one bag. With the success of the game now these golf kits are even available online and you can easily buy them from internet from the Clickgolf.co.uk, Golf Gear Direct, Gamola Golf, Scottsdale Golf and The Golfers Club. They provide you with the varieties of golf equipment of multiple of brands all in one place.