ROYAL SPANISH GOLF FEDERATION

By: Beatriz López de la Vieja Díaz

What is the Royal Spanish Golf Federation?

The Royal Spanish Golf Federation is a private association non-profit, with legal personality and patrimony of own and independent of his associates.

Where is it located?This Spanish Federation is located in Madrid, but it may be amended by agreement of the General Assembly on the proposal of the Board of Directors. There are one Regional Federation in each Autonomous Community.

What are the functions of it?

• The Royal Spanish Golf Federation has the authority to organize activities and official State-level competitions, both in a national and international kinds.• In addition, in coordination with the autonomous federations, it will act in the general promotion of the game of golf throughout the national territory.• Exercises, among other issues, the sports disciplinary responsibility in the terms established by the law of sport, its statutes and internal regulations.

History of GolfThe Romans practiced a play with a curved stick and a ball made of feathers that could be a history of the game of golf. Some historians argue that it would have originated in the Netherlands and that the term comes from the Dutch word kolf meaning stick.

The first news about this sport come from the 15th century, in Scotland, where - according to the legend - golf has 18 holes because the whisky has 18 measures. He immediately had great acceptance, so that King James II banned it so that his subjects not to abandon the arts of defence for the war. Towards 1500 that prohibition was lifted by the popularity that had also reached, and this law was ignored.

In its beginnings, golf managed that they compete as an equal, nobles and commoners. The first match of which are data, is that played the Prince of Wales with John Paterson (very skilled in the game Shoemaker) in 1682.

In 1744, the first players Association was founded in Scotland, and in 1745, also in the United Kingdom was created the first rules of golf. The first golf associations were organized in the 18th century: the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers (1744), the St. Andrews Society of Golfers (1754).

The first Spanish golf club was established in Las Palmas (Gran Canaria) in 1891.

WHAT IS GOLF?Golf is a sport that is to take a ball of small dimensions in a pit using different types of sticks, using the least number of strokes possible. The starting area is called tee and where is located the pit is called green, lush greenery perfectly cared for and mown.It is a sport that takes place outdoors, in nature, and which requires so much effort as the player you want, since it is he who sets their own pace, making it stimulating or restful.This sport can be played at any time of the year and at any age.

THE FIELDConventional golf course has, at least, 9 holes, while the ideal and normal is having 18, which are numbered consecutively. Each of them are different from each other and also different from one field to another.The space between the tee and the green Street, which can have different types of obstacles that make it difficult to get from one place to another is called: Lakes, trees, sand traps (known as bunkers) usually in the vicinity of the green, etc.

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SEVERIANO BALLESTEROS

Severiano Ballesteros Sota, also known as Seve Ballesteros, was a Spanish golfer.He was born on 9th of April 1957 in Pedreña.He was one of the professionals with best palmarés in the history of golf. Their titles include five championships of the World Match Play, two top positions in the selective: Augusta Masters tournament, and three in the British Open. After his retirement was golf course designer and tournament organizer.Finally he died on 7th of May 2011.

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