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  2. Golf instruction - Wikipedia

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    Golf instruction consists of five primary skills: shots from a tee (most notable: driving that uses a driver), full shots from the ground (mostly known as "iron shots", pitching (or 3/4 shots designed for distance control, chipping (short shots around the green the require less than a full swing), putting (1 club preferably "the putter") and course strategy or gamesmanship.

  3. Tournament theory - Wikipedia

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    Tournament theory also was applied to writing - one writer may be fractionally better at writing than another (and therefore have a better book), but because people allocate small amounts of time to reading, the writer with the marginally better book will sell far more copies.

  4. Glossary of golf - Wikipedia

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    References External links 0–9 19th hole The clubhouse bar. A ace When a player hits the ball directly from the tee into the hole with one stroke. Also called a hole in one. address The act of taking a stance and placing the club-head behind the golf ball. If the ball moves once a player has addressed the ball, there is a one-stroke penalty, unless it is clear that the actions of the player ...

  5. Analysis: Does golf need a dominant player? That depends on ...

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    LIV Golf can't create rivalries because everyone is rich and happy. Even Brooks Koepka and Bryson DeChambeau seem to like each other now. What golf lacks — and what it might need — is a ...

  6. Golf swing - Wikipedia

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    The golf swing is the action by which players hit the ball in the sport of golf. The golf swing is a complex motion involving the whole body; the technicalities of the swing are known as golf stroke mechanics. There are differing opinions on what constitutes a "good" golf swing. [1]

  7. Yips - Wikipedia

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    In golf, the yips is a movement disorder known to interfere with putting. The term yips is said to have been popularized by Tommy Armour—a golf champion and later golf teacher—to explain the difficulties that led him to abandon tournament play. [4] In describing the yips, golfers have used terms such as twitches, staggers, jitters and jerks.

  8. Superstar effect - Wikipedia

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    The importance of studying the dynamics of rank-order tournaments with heterogeneous competitors reaches beyond the world of sports. Numerous management strategies use competition as an incentive for better productivity, [5] however, according to the superstar effect, if agents are to rival a superstar, they may in fact reduce their efforts.

  9. Variations of golf - Wikipedia

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    Devil Ball is a betting game played by a golf foursome. Golf holes are ranked 1 through 18 based on the difficulty of the hole. In Devil Ball, each hole is worth the handicap value of the hole. For example, the number 1 handicap hole is worth 1 point and the 18th handicap hole is worth 18 points. There are 171 points available.