Golf

Golf is a precision club-and-ball sport, in which competing players (golfers) use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course using the fewest number of strokes. The game is played on golf 'courses', each of which features a unique design, although courses typically consist of either nine or 18 holes.

Golf demands accuracy, technique, strength, and strategic thinking, making it a highly competitive and mentally challenging sport.

Stroke play

• Common form of competition: Players compete over a set number of holes, with the player using the fewest total strokes (shots) winning the game.

Match play

• Head-to-head competition: Players compete against each other on a hole-by-hole basis. The player who wins the most holes wins the match.

Foursome

• Team competition: Two teams of two players compete with each other. Each team plays one ball and the players alternate in hitting it.

Fourball

• Team competition: Similar to Foursome but each player plays their own ball and the best score from each team is counted.

Scramble

• Team competition: Each player in a team (usually of four players) tees off on each hole, and the players decide which shot was best. Every player then plays their next shot from that spot and the process repeats.

• Golf is part of the Olympic Games and the Paralympic Games.
• There are also major championships in professional golf organized by various golf bodies such as the Masters Tournament, U.S. Open, The Open Championship, and the PGA Championship.
• Additionally, there are team events like the Ryder Cup and Solheim Cup.

Wikipedia: Golf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golf

Wikipedia: List of forms of golf play https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_forms_of_golf_play