Fwd: Interesting Golf Statistics

1. 125,000 golf balls a year are hit into the water at the famous 17th
hole of the Stadium Course at Sawgrass.

2. The longest drive ever is 515 yards. The longest putt ever is a
monstrous 375 feet.

3. Phil Mickelson, who plays left-handed, is actually right handed.

He learned to play golf by mirroring his father's golf swing, and
he has used left handed golf clubs ever since.

4. The chances of making two holes-in-one in a round of golf are one
in 67 million.

5. Tiger Woods snagged his first ace at the tender age of eight years old.

6. Balls travel significantly further on hot days. A golfer swinging a
club at around 100 mph will carry the driver up to eight yards longer
for each increase in air temperature of 25°F.

7. The longest golf course in the world is the par 77 International
Golf Club in Massachusetts which measures a fearsome 8325 yards.

8. 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.

9. The longest golf hole in the world is the 7th hole (par 7) of the
Sano Course at the Satsuki Golf Club in Japan . It measures an
incredible 909 yards.

10. The largest bunker in the world is Hell's Half Acre on the
585-yard 7th hole of the Pine Valley Course in New Jersey .

11. The largest golfing green is that of the 695-yard, 5th hole, a par
6 at the International Golf Club in Massachusetts , with an area in
excess of 28,000 square feet.

12. The driver swing speed of an average lady golfer is 62mph; 96mph
for an average LPGA professional; 84mph for an average male golfer;
108mph for an average PGA Tour player; 130mph for Tiger Woods;
148-152mph for a national long drive champion.

13. There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.

14. The first golf balls were made of thin leather stuffed with
feathers. Tightly-packed feathers made balls that flew the farthest.
Feather balls were used until 1848.

15. The youngest golfer to shoot a hole-in-one was Coby Orr, who was
five years old at the time. It happened in Littleton , Colorado , in
1975.

16. 22.8% of golfers are women.

17. Golf was banned in Scotland from 1457 to 1502 to ensure citizens
wouldn't waste time when preparing for an English invasion.

18. The term birdie comes from an American named Ab Smith. While
playing 1899, he played what he described as a "bird of a shot", which
became "birdie" over time.

19. The word golf does not mean "Gentleman Only, Ladies Forbidden".
This is an internet myth. It is thought the word golf comes from the
Dutch word "kolf" or "kolve", meaning "club". Historians believe this
was passed on to the Scottish, whose own dialect changed this to
"golve," "gowl" or "gouf". By the sixteenth century, this had evolved
into the word we know today.

20. Don't feel bad about your high handicap --- 80% of all golfers
will never achieve a handicap of less than 18.