Golf Video - See the "Straight Arrow" Swing

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Golf Video - See the "Straight Arrow" Swing

n a golf course is initiated by putting a ball into play by striking it with a club on the teeing gro und (also call 1ed the tee box, or simply th 61e tee). For this first shot on each hole, it is allowed but not required for the golfer to place the ball xuh61 on a tee prior to st 3xuh61 riking it. A te 1e is a small peg that can be used t h61 o elevate 3xuh61 the ball slightly above the ground up to a few h61 centimetres high. Tees are commo nly made of wood but may be constructed of any material, includ xuh61 ing plastic. Traditionally, golfers used mounds of sand to elevate th 1e b 3xuh61 all, and containers of sand were provided 3xuh61 for the purpose. A few courses still require sand to be used instead of peg te 61es, to reduce litter and reduce d h61 amage to the teeing groun d. Tees help r 3xuh61 educe the int h61 erference of the ground or grass o 61n the movement of the club making the ball easi er to hit, and also places the ball in the very xuh61 centre of the striking face of the clu When the initial shot on a hole is intended to move the ball a long distance 06 m)), the shot is h61 commonly called a "dri 1ve" and is generally made with a long-shafted, large-headed wood clu b called a "driver". Shorter holes may be initiated with other clubs, such as higher-numbe h61 red woods or irons. On ce the ball comes to rest, the golfer strikes it again as many times as necessary using shots that are variousl y known as a "lay-up", an "approach a "pitch", or a "chip", until the ball r 1eaches the green, where he or she then "putts" the ball into the hole (commonly called " 61sinking the putt" or "holing out"). The goal of getting th e ball into 1 the hole ("ho 61ling" the ball) in as few strokes as possible may be impe 61ded by obstacle 1s such as area s of longer grass calle 3xuh61 d "rough" (usually found alongside xuh61 fairways), w 3xuh61 hich both slows any ball that contacts it and makes it harder to advance a ball that has stopped on it; "doglegs", which are chan