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from SA Golf Trader
A Dozen “Little Known Facts” About The Game Of Golf!
- The world’s largest bunker is Hell’s Half Acre on the 585 yard 7th hole of the Pine Valley Course in New Jersey.
- There are three golf balls on the moon.
- The chances of making two holes-in-one in a round of golf are one in 67 million.
- 125,000 golf balls a year are hit into the water at the famous 17th hole of the Stadium Course at Sawgrass.
- 22.8% of golfers are women.
- The term ‘birdie’ comes from an American named AB Smith. While playing back in 1899, he played what he described as a “bird of a shot’, which became ‘birdie’ over time.
- Don’t feel bad about your high handicap – 80% of all golfers will never achieve a handicap of less than 18.
- The highest golf course in the world is the Tactu Golf Club in Morococha, Peru, which sits 14,335 feet above sea level at its lowest point.
- The US Open is held every June with the final round always falling on Father’s Day.
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