Wacky Golf Facts

Below are some fun facts I found while doing extensive research on the game of golf:

• Golf is not, and has never been a fair game.
• The only thing constant about golf is its inconstancy.
• Golf is a game about misses. The guy who misses the best is going to win.
• The Mulligan was invested by an Irishman who wanted to hit one more twenty yard grounder.
• A tap-in is a putt that is short enough to be missed one-handed.
• When you look up and cause an awful shot, you will always look down again at exactly the moment when you ought to start watching the ball if you ever want to see it again.
• No matter how badly you are playing, it is always possible to play worse.
• The less skilled the player, the more likely he is to share his ideas about the golf swing.
• Taking more than two putts to get down on a lightning-fast, steeply sloped green is no embarrassment unless you had to hit a wedge shot between the putts.
• If your ball disappears in the fairway of a blind hole, its probably because it rolled into an anti-divot and vaporized.
• A ball you can see in the rough from 50 yards away is not yours.
• If booth balls are in the bunker, yours is in the footprint.
• There are two kinds of bounces: unfair bounces, and just the way you meant to play it.
• Everyone replaces his divot after a perfect approach shot,

• Many shots are spoiled at the last instant by efforts to add a few more yards.
• Counting on your opponent to inform you when he breaks a rule is like expecting him to make fun of his own haircut.
• It's a simple matter to keep your ball in the fairway, if you're not too choosy about which fairway.
• The mind messes up more shots than the body.
• No golf professional has ever won the four majors in one year.
• The four major's in women's professional golf are the U.S Open, the Women's British Open, the LPGA Championship and the Nabisco Championship.
• The Ryder Cup is the most prestigious team golf event.
• Jack Nicklaus has won the Masters tournament six times, more than anyone else.
• The first golf balls used in are believed to have been made out of wood.
• The first LPGA Championship was held in 1955 and won by Beverly Hanson.
• At the age of 21, Tiger Woods became the first African American to win the Masters.

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