why do people shout four if they hit a bad shot in golf of the tee.where did four come from?
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Asked and answered many times my man....see here:\n\nhttp://answers.yahoo.com/search/search_result;_ylt=AlyceLVF1Z0Z0kyra7w9MWLzy6IX?p=golf+fore
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"Fore" is another word for "ahead" (think of a ship's fore and aft). Yelling "fore" is simply a shorter way to yell "watch out ahead" (or "watch out before"). It allows golfers to be forewarned, in other words.
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There is a theory that links the modern word GOLF to the Scottish verb of GOULF (also gowf), which means "to strike or cuff." This theory would at least place the origin of the word with the people who invented the game. As for "striking or cuffing," an integral part of the game is, after all, hitting the ball.
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I answered this question 2 months ago, see link under sources:\n\n\n"Fore" is another word for "ahead" (think of a ship's fore and aft). Yelling "fore" is simply a shorter way to yell "watch out ahead" (or "watch out before"). It allows golfers to be forewarned, in other words. \nThe British Golf Museum cites an 1881 reference to "fore" in a golf book, establishing that the term was already in use at that early date (the USGA suggests the term may have been in use as early as the 1700s). The museum also surmises that the term evolved from "forecaddie."\n\nA forecaddie is a person who accompanies a group around the golf course, often going forward to be in a position to pinpoint the locations of the groups' shots. If a member of the group hit an errant shot, the thinking goes, they may have alerted the forecaddie by yelling out the term. It was eventually shorted to just "fore."\n\nA popular theory is that the term has a military origin. In warfare of the 17th and 18th century (a time period when golf was really taking hold in Britain), infantry advanced in formation while artillery batteries fired from behind, over their heads. An artilleryman about to fire would yell "beware before," alerting nearby infantrymen to drop to the ground to avoid the shells screaming overhead.\n\nSo when golfers misfired and send their missiles - golf balls - screaming off target, "beware before" became shortened to "fore."\n\nThis is another term, however, whose exact origin can't be stated. It does originate, however, in the fact that "fore" means "ahead" and, used by a golfer, is a warning to those ahead.
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In my opinion i think the perfect game in bowling is the hardest. Why, because you have 12 times the throw a ball down a lane and hope that, each time you throw it, you knock over 10 pins.  I've had better luck getting close to a hole in one the first year i played golf in high school.  The home run would be a little easier for me then any of the others.  Hit one back in high school on a 350 field from a coach that used to play in the minors
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many players have hit four in a row, some have hit five.\ni don't know of any that have hit six in a row.
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I even went to the Historical Rules of Golf page and there was nothing about the # of clubs in the bag.  hmmmmmmmm.\nI don't know.\n\nHow Many Clubs are Allowed to be Carried in the Golf Bag?\nFourteen clubs are the maximum allowed in one player's bag. Any number below 14 is fine, but more than 14 is not.\nAlso, those 14 clubs cannot be changed during the course of one round. You must finish with the 14 you started with. (There are some exceptions in the case of a club breaking.)\n\nHowever, if you begin with fewer than 14, you may add clubs during a round as long as no delay is caused and as long as the club(s) added are not borrowed from another player.\n\nThe penalty for exceeding the 14-club rule in match play is a loss of hole for each hole played in violation of the rule, up to two holes lost.\n\nIn stroke play the penalty is two strokes for each hole played in violation of the rules, with a maximum of four strokes.
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During a discussion among the club's membership board at St. Andrews in 1858, a senior member pointed out that it takes exactly 18 shots to polish off a fifth of Scotch. By limiting himself to only one shot of Scotch per hole, the Scot figured a round of golf was finished when the Scotch ran out.\nNow you know.
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every time you hit the ball, you add a stroke.  if you go out of bounds or in the water, you add 2 strokes.  if the par for a hole (the amount of strokes you should be able to get the ball in the cup) is 5, and you hit 4 strokes, you get a -1 for the hole.  if you hit it in in 5 strokes you get par.  1 over par is a bogey.  (6 strokes on a par 5)  2 strokes over par is a double bogey.  if you get one under par, its a birdie.  2 under par is a eagle.
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I think both of those statements are false.  We can be thankful for anyone who helps support the golf courses.  They golf coures need as many players as they can get, a lot of golf course are fixing to go under.  Why would you care?  Just worry about your own game and what clubs you play
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I DON'T THINK ANYONE HAS TURNED IN A TRUTHFUL SCRAMBLE SCORE CARD IN THE HISTORY OF THE GAME. I HAVE PLAYED IN MANY AND HAVE SEEN SCORES AS LOW AS 53, THE HONESTY OF GOLF GOES AWAY IN A SCRAMBLE, THEY JUST WANT TO WIN...
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I think this is something to do with Psychology. It's a feeling of Euphoria, same as when you won a gamble, or consume drug. It produces a kind of chemical in your brain once you hit a good shot, that you want to experience it again and again. And because hitting good shot, like a hole in one is difficult to achieve, golf then become addictive.
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I don't have an answer, but I know a few interesting things about golf that you may find interest in.\n\n1) How golf got its name: GOLF stands for Gentlemen Only, Ladies Forbidden. Of course that male-only priviledge has recently changed to include women.\n\n2) In Japan, if you score a hole-in-one, you have to have hole-in-one insurance. The Japanese consider that if you have been fortunate enough to score a h.i.o., then you need to spread that fortune with others. If you don't have the insurance you could have to pay a lot of money, like a million dollars.
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Every golf ball has numbers on it. How many numbers and which numbers vary from brand to brand, but they all have at least one number.\nThat one number is most likely to be a 1, 2, 3 or 4 (although it can also be anything from a zero to a 9). What do these numbers mean?\n\nNothing, really. These single-digit numbers are simply there for identification purposes. If the members of a foursome are all playing a Titleist NXT ball, for example, one might play a ball with the number "1," another a "2," the third a "3," and the fourth a "4." This will allow the members to keep track of which ball belongs to each player.\n\nThese numbers usually appear just below the branding of the ball's name. All the balls from the same sleeve will have the same ID number.\n\nA golf ball might also have a three-digit number on it, usually something in the 300s or 400s. If you notice such a number on a ball, this number is letting you know how many dimples are on the ball.\n\nAnother number that might appear on golf balls is the ball's compression rating. Until solid core balls drove the wound ball almost completely out of the market - beginning in the late 90s - compression rating was a big deal to golfers. A compression rating of 70 or 80 for a wound ball was regarded as an indicator that ball was a "ladies ball." A compression rating of 110 meant you had to swing very hard to make that ball work right (the he-man ball).\n\nWe know now that compression relates much more to feel than to distance. Solid, soft-core balls are a huge segment of the golf ball market now, and the compressions these day can be way down in the 30s or 40s (ranging up to 100 or so). When these low-compression balls first started appearing on the market, manufacturers felt there was still a stigma attached to low compression - i.e., that a low-compression ball would be viewed as a "ladies ball." And so numbers representing compression were dropped from most golf balls.\n\nYou'll still find them on some brands, however, and they are almost certain - these days - to be two digits.\n\nSo, to recap: A single-digit number is there for identification; a double-digit number most likely represents compression; a triple-digit number most likely represents the number of dimples.
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because they haven't tried it?? golf isn't really an everyday type of sport that is easily mastered..(let alone one that u grow up with)...it's also because it's what i call a "quite" sport, for many the definition of sport includes beer, loud chearing and chearleaders...
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The scoring system for golf is actually very simple.\n\nEach hole on every course is given a "par" score..in other words the number of shots it should take you to get your ball from the tee to the hole. The par for a hole depends on its length and difficulty. \n\nA "bogie" is  the par score for a hole plus one..so if you take 5 shots on a par 4 hole, thats a bogie..and thats not good!\n\nA "birdie" is the par score for a hole minus one..so if you only take 3 shots on a par 4 hole, that's a birdie...and that's good!\n\nThe winner is the golfer who take the fewest shots to go round all 18 holes on a course.\n\nThe best way to learn is to play,  or just watch the big tournaments on the TV. You will soon pick it up.
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You get one stroke everytime you hit the ball.  Now can play counting total score or play by holes.  When you play by holes you when the hole you get 1 you tie 0 and lose -1.  \n\nI fun way to learn about golf scores is playing a game called Golo golf.  You can play it on line at www.igolo.com\n\nor another site would be www.playgolfamerica.com