Golf Trophies

Golf is a genteel sport that has become a globalmore players from all backgrounds. In the U.S.,
passion, especially in the business world. Golfgolf is the unofficial game of the business world,
trophies carry the reward of instant fame andso much so that business schools train students in
fortune. Golf tours of certain regions are avidlygolf. In 2005, Golf Digest found that there were
followed by fans worldwide, and toughlynearly 32,000 golf courses in the world, with half
contested for. Legends like Jack Nicklaus andof them in the U.S.A. Some other golf-loving
Tiger Woods have captured international attention.countries include Scotland, New Zealand, Australia,
Golf is a game where individuals or teams hit aIreland, Canada and Sweden. Japan and South
ball into a hole using several clubs. It involvesKorea are catching up.
manipulating the ball with a club from the teeingGolf is a major professional sport with many
ground to the hole with a series of strokes,coveted tours and trophies. There are at least 20
according to certain rules. Golf is played on a tractprofessional tours, each run by a PGA or an
of land called a course, which consists of a seriesindependent tour organization responsible for
of holes. A hole represents the distance betweenorganizing the tournament. The most famous is
the tee (the starting point) and the green (wherethe PGA Tour, a leading men's tour which carries
the actual hole is). Most golf courses have 9 or 18a prize of around US$800,000. The PGA Tour also
holes. Experienced players take fewer strokes tobrings endorsement and advertising deals, and the
manipulate balls into the holes. Courses also havefame that comes with beating the best of the
impediments like bunkers, sand traps and waterbest. The PGA European Tour is only second to
hazards (like rivers or streams).the PGA Tour, and is equally attractive to
Par is the theoretical number of strokes which anprofessional golfers worldwide.
expert golfer needs to get his ball into anyGolf is unique for having lucrative competitions for
particular hole. Every game of golf is based onolder players. The US-based Champions tour is
playing a number of holes in a given order. Theone among tours for senior citizens. There are
two major forms of playing golf are match playfive major tours for women golfers. The most
and stroke play.coveted is the US based LPGA Tour.
Golf is regarded as a Scottish invention, and hasThe major men's championships are as follows:
been played in British Isles for centuries. It hasthe Masters, the U.S. Open, the British Open and
also its origins in the Netherlands in thethe PGA Championship. Golfer Tiger Woods made
seventeenth century, where golf clubs were usedsporting history by winning all four majors in one
to play balls into holes. The term golf is evolvedseason and earning the name Tiger Slam.
from the Germanic word for club. The oldestThe major women's tournament run by the
course in the world is the Old Links atLPGA Tour consists of four majors- the
Musselburgh, where the game has been playedKraft Nabisco Championship, U.S. Women's Open,
since 1672. The links at St. Andrews occupy aLPGA championship, and Women's British Open.
narrow strip of land along the sea. Golfers on thatGolf trophies may be made of crystal, silver or
course established a customary route throughgold, resin, pewter, acrylic or bronze. A common
that terrain playing holes suited to the topography.shape is that of a golfer in action.
Golf is viewed as an elite pastime but is attracting