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Golf holes may be picturesque in their beauty, but they are often diabolically difficult in their design. When you step onto the course, you should appreciate the beauty around you, but you should also understand the challenges that each hole presents. A basic understanding of the four main areas of a golf hole will help you plot a course from the tee to the cup.
The Teeing Ground
On any hole, you put your ball into play with a shot from the teeing ground, one of the two areas of a hole defined in the Rules of Golf. Tee markers indicate the zone on tee box from which you can play a shot. You must place your ball between the markers, or within two club lengths behind the markers. You aren’t permitted to place a ball in front of the markers. Usually, golf courses keep the grass on tee boxes short and well-maintained. The teeing area is one place on the hole where you can control your lie. You can place the ball on a tee that conforms to the rules, or you can place it on the ground in a lie that suits that type of shot you want to play.
The Putting Green
Roughly half the strokes you make on a golf course happen on the putting surface, the other part of a hole defined by the Rules of Golf. The putting green is a closely mowed surface that serves as a home for the cup and the flagstick. On the green, you can mark your ball, lift it, clean it and replace it before you play a stroke, an advantage you usually don’t have anywhere else, other than the tee box. The rules identify the line between your ball and the hole as the line of putt. As you move about the green, you should avoid standing in another player's line.
Through the Green
Standing on the tee of a par-4 or par-5 hole, you will usually see two grass-covered areas. The fairway typically has closely mowed grass, and it provides you with the best path to the green. You will find hitting shots from the longer grass, called the rough, much more difficult because the tall blades interfere with the club’s path to the ball and beyond. You may also encounter shrubs, trees, meadows, forested areas and unkempt spaces called waste areas bordering the fairways. The rules of golf consider all these areas “through the green” and require you to play the ball as it lies in these areas, or you have to declare an unplayable lie and incur a penalty stroke.
Hazards
As the name implies, hazards are areas you want to avoid on any hole. A hazard could be a sand bunker or water. The rules allow you to play shots from these areas, if possible, but you have to take some precautions. Bunkers are obstacles along the fairway and around the green. Generally, you can play a shot to escape a bunker, even if your ball is buried in the sand. Although sometimes it is possible to play a shot from a water hazard, you often have to take a penalty stroke and drop a ball at or behind the point where the ball entered the crossed the hazard line or from the place you played your original shot.
The Teeing Ground
On any hole, you put your ball into play with a shot from the teeing ground, one of the two areas of a hole defined in the Rules of Golf. Tee markers indicate the zone on tee box from which you can play a shot. You must place your ball between the markers, or within two club lengths behind the markers. You aren’t permitted to place a ball in front of the markers. Usually, golf courses keep the grass on tee boxes short and well-maintained. The teeing area is one place on the hole where you can control your lie. You can place the ball on a tee that conforms to the rules, or you can place it on the ground in a lie that suits that type of shot you want to play.
The Putting Green
Roughly half the strokes you make on a golf course happen on the putting surface, the other part of a hole defined by the Rules of Golf. The putting green is a closely mowed surface that serves as a home for the cup and the flagstick. On the green, you can mark your ball, lift it, clean it and replace it before you play a stroke, an advantage you usually don’t have anywhere else, other than the tee box. The rules identify the line between your ball and the hole as the line of putt. As you move about the green, you should avoid standing in another player's line.
Through the Green
Standing on the tee of a par-4 or par-5 hole, you will usually see two grass-covered areas. The fairway typically has closely mowed grass, and it provides you with the best path to the green. You will find hitting shots from the longer grass, called the rough, much more difficult because the tall blades interfere with the club’s path to the ball and beyond. You may also encounter shrubs, trees, meadows, forested areas and unkempt spaces called waste areas bordering the fairways. The rules of golf consider all these areas “through the green” and require you to play the ball as it lies in these areas, or you have to declare an unplayable lie and incur a penalty stroke.
Hazards
As the name implies, hazards are areas you want to avoid on any hole. A hazard could be a sand bunker or water. The rules allow you to play shots from these areas, if possible, but you have to take some precautions. Bunkers are obstacles along the fairway and around the green. Generally, you can play a shot to escape a bunker, even if your ball is buried in the sand. Although sometimes it is possible to play a shot from a water hazard, you often have to take a penalty stroke and drop a ball at or behind the point where the ball entered the crossed the hazard line or from the place you played your original shot.
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