Among all the top ranked ball sports in the world, golf stands as one of the most famed. To describe in simple words - a player, using various types of clubs, hits the ball into each hole on a golf course in the lowest number of attempts. A little bit of history - The game of golf was originated at Brunt field Links, in Edinburgh, Scotland, in A.D. 1456. Golf is one among the few ball games that does not require a standardized playing ground; rather, the game is played on golf “courses,” each one of which has a special design and typically contains of either nine or eighteen separate holes. The game Golf may be played as stroke play, in which the players with the lowest number of strokes is declared to be winner.

Golf has become a very popular game today because of hard work of the Edinburgh Burgess Golfing Society (now it is called as The Royal Burgess Golfing Society). Golf has become a worldwide sport, with golf courses in the majority of countries. Golf can be played as individual sport or as team sport. Team events such as ‘4 ball’ have been popular, and this can be played using different format. Lately, other ways of playing golf have been introduced, such as sholf, miniature golf, and disc golf. Golf has become a spectator sport, with different levels of professional tours in many regions of the world.The rules of Golf is often published every four years once by the governing bodies of golf to specify how the game is to be played.