The Super-Dog Gang Learn to Play Golf Antony Moller
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Moller 2009
First published in 2009 by Osborne Porter Literary Services South Africa Republished by BK Press P O Box 47055. Greyville 4023 ISBN 978-0-9814237-4-6
Cover Design: Osborne Porter Literary Services Illustrations: Gail Gillings
This book is a work of fiction. Names and characters are the products of the author's imagination and any resemblance to any persons, living or dead is entirely coincidental. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form by any means electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the written permission of the author.
Dedication The Super-Dog Gang Learn To Play Golf is dedicated to the girls and boys I had the privilege of working with Saturday mornings at the 1st to 18 Golf Academy held at Royal Durban Golf Club during 2008. www1218golf.com
Acknowledgments Cameron Hohls for his enthusiastic participation during the filming for the DVD accompanying this book. Royal Durban Golf Club Captain and Professional for the use of the golf course in the making of the DVD. Robin, my wife, without whose help and encouragement these stories might not have been written. Rowan Hornby for her positive criticisms on the original manuscripts. Ginny Porter of Osborne Porter Literary Services for her assistance and wonderful ideas. Brendan Porter of Osborne Porter Literary Services for technical assistance. Andreas Mathios for his filming and editing.
DESCRIPTION OF A GOLF COURSE
A golf course is usually made up of 18 holes consisting of 10 par fours, 4 par fives and 4 par threes and the object of a game of golf is play all 18 holes in as few shots as possible. st
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Each game starts on the 1 tee and ends on the 18 green. Each hole starts from the tee box and ends at the green. Between the tee and the green is the fairway and on either side of the fairway is the rough.
The grass on the fairway is kept short and is where golfers strive to land their ball, while the rough is not kept short and also has trees and bush.
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There are also hazards on a golf course and these may be in the form of sand or grass bunkers and water which may be a pond, dam or stream.
Some golf courses like Royal Durban even have wild birds joining in the fun.
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The Two Main Types of Golf Courses Links and Parkland Links Course
A links course is found next to the sea and is made on the land which links the arable or farm land to the sea. Links courses follow the natural terrain, have no trees and the only vegetation is the natural vegetation found in the area which tends to be low scrubby bush. An example of a links course is St Andrews in Scotland which is also the home of golf and where the Open Championship is regularly played.
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