This article is about the sport of golf. For other meanings, see Golf (disambiguation). Putting can also refer to shot put.

Golf (gowf in Scots) is a sport where individual players or teams hit a ball into a hole using various clubs, and is one of the few ball games that does not use a fixed standard playing area. It is defined in the Rules of Golf as "playing a ball with a club from the teeing ground into the hole by a stroke or successive strokes in accordance with the Rules."

Golf originated in Scotland and has been played for at least five centuries in the British Isles. The oldest course in the world is The Old Links at Musselburgh. Golf, in essentially the form we know it today, has been played on Scotland's Musselburgh Links since 1672, and earlier versions of the game had been played in the British Isles and the low-countries of Northern Europe for several centuries before that. Although often viewed as an elite pastime, golf is an increasingly popular sport that can be played for one's entire life.

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After Troubled Season, L.P.G.A. Names New Leader
By LARRY DORMAN Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:35:58 -0000
After a three-month search, the L.P.G.A. announced the hiring of Michael Whan as the eighth commissioner in its 59-year history.
Washington Memo: Man’s World at White House? No Harm, No Foul, Aides Say
By MARK LEIBOVICH Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:23:55 -0000
President Obama called criticism over an all-male basketball game “bunk,” and points out that he is surrounded by strong women both at home and in his administration.
For Sorenstam, a Busy, Relaxing Retirement
By BILL PENNINGTON Sun, 18 Oct 2009 09:05:42 -0000
In retirement from competition (she prefers to call it “stepping away”), Annika Sorenstam is still busy with golf, but is more relaxed.

L.A. Times - Golf

Tiger Woods shares lead in Shanghai
Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800
He shoots another 67 and is tied with Nick Watney. Tiger Woods shot another five-under-par 67 in the HSBC Champions at Shanghai, this one giving him a share of the 36-hole lead with Nick Watney in the final World Golf Championship of the year.
Gary Player indulges his other sporting interest
Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800
The 74-year-old golfer, who owns a stud farm in South Africa, says he comes for Breeders' Cup festivities every year and 'All the best horses are here.' Chatting with friends and well-wishers at Clocker's Corner on Thursday morning, just a short chip shot from Santa Anita's main track, was a familiar figure.
Anthony Kim reaches match-play semifinals
Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700
Despite losing to Scott Strange, Kim advances to semifinals of Volvo World Match Play Championship. He'll face Robert Allenby in Casares, Spain. Anthony Kim advanced to the Volvo World Match Play Championship semifinals Friday despite losing to Scott Strange by three holes in his final-round match at Finca Cortesin in Casares, Spain.

ESPN.com - GOLF

HSBC Champions: Phil Mickelson, Tiger Woods in final pairing at HSBC
Associated Press Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:45:23 -0800
Phil Mickelson has taken the 54-hole lead in the HSBC Champions with a 5-under 67, setting up a Sunday matchup with Tiger Woods in the final World Golf Championship of the year.
HSBC Champions: Distractions continue for Tiger Woods, field in China
Dan Washburn Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:14:19 -0800
Traditionally, fans at golf tournaments are seen but preferably not heard. That's certainly not the case at the HSBC in China, where Tiger Woods and many in the field battle constant camera clicks and ringing cell phones, writes ESPN.com's Dan Washburn.
HSBC Champions: Phil Mickelson, Tiger Woods in final pairing at HSBC
Associated Press Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:45:23 -0800
Phil Mickelson has taken the 54-hole lead in the HSBC Champions with a 5-under 67, setting up a Sunday matchup with Tiger Woods in the final World Golf Championship of the year.

SI.com - Golf

Mickelson takes lead over Woods, Watney at HSBC
Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:15:00 -0500
SHANGHAI (AP) -- Tiger Woods stalled with pars. Phil Mickelson poured it on with birdies.
Cutting PGA Tour purses would help repair golf's image
Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:15:00 -0500
Something strange happened toour game in 2009. When U.S. Rep. BarneyFrank (D-Mass.) criticized Northern Trust forentertaining clients at a tournament, golf becamea four-letter word for all that's wrong with BigBusiness, and glib shorthand for greed and classwarfare.
Tiger surges into a share of the lead at HSBC
Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:55:00 -0500
SHANGHAI (AP) -- The gallery kept growing until it stretched along all 603 yards of the eighth hole at Sheshan International. It took a little longer before Tiger Woods gave them what they came to see Friday in the HSBC Champions.

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Mickelson passes Woods and Watney to grab lead at HSBC Champions
Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:41:39 -0500
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Song tops Asian-heavy board at Mizuno Classic after final-hole birdie
Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:04:29 -0500
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European notebook: Garcia will stick to his own schedule in 2010
Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:37:19 -0500
SHANGHAI -- Sergio Garcia insists he will again do what suits him next year -- even if European Ryder Cup Captain Colin Montgomerie would prefer him to be somewhere else.
Woods surges into a share of the lead at HSBC with second straight 67
Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:34:20 -0500
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Long-hitting Lang shoots 66 to grab lead in LPGA's Mizuno Classic
Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:14:29 -0500
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Luigs of Indiana named recipient of USGA's 2010 Joe Dey Award
Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:20:43 -0500
FAR HILLS, N.J. -- Joe Luigs of Carmel, Ind., has been selected as the recipient of the 2010 Joe Dey Award, U.S. Golf Association officials have announced.

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