高尔夫读者

From the days when selecting a club was done by “eye”, we have progressed through yardage books, a development often attributed to Jack Nicklaus, distance markers at the sides of fairways and distances on sprinkler heads, to a point where electronic distance-measuring devices, have become quite common in certain areas of the world.

In November 2009, The R&A and the USGA issued a ‘Joint Statement’ on electronic devices, including distance-measuring devices, to clarify how the Rules are applied in relation to these devices. See the full Joint Statement here.

Most of the questions that we receive in connection with the Joint Statement relate to distance measuring devices, and some of the most common questions, along with the answers, are provided below.

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2016奥运会高尔夫赛场的土地纠纷
想必大家还记得今年3月时，美国设计师吉尔·汉斯在众多大牌的竞争下，意外地击败尼克劳斯、诺曼等世界知名高尔夫球场设计大师，获得2016年里约热内卢奥运会高尔夫球赛场的设计资格。
最近有报道说，拟建高尔夫赛场的土地目前的所有权存在着争议。但奥运会发言人声明说，将不会影响奥运会高尔夫比赛的筹备工作。
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上周末接受了鱼洁鱼同学关于其硕士毕业论文的一个“访谈”，主要涉及到赛事的流程及赛事的效益问题。

就流程方面准备了下面的图，方便更清晰地说明。各位对赛事感兴趣的可以参考（点击看大图）。

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挺早之前在一本较为权威的高尔夫杂志上看到有关于高尔夫行业中一些有趣的数据——有用说不上，而且这个统计也不见得权威。当时摘抄了下来，现在随手放上博客。

首先得说明，这不见得是一个权威的统计——该杂志也说了，发出了500份问卷，仅收到100多份的有效回复，约为20%的回收率而已。对于其中某一方面的数据分析，从我接触到的实际情况来讲，会更乐观（或悲观）一些。例如一些较高学历的，会更容易提交有效的回复，不见得关于学历方面的统计真实准确。 (more…)

感谢@Dream-R 的推荐，一个高尔夫规则视频解说网。

这是一个USGA推出的高尔夫规则视频解说网，采用视频的方式向高尔夫规则爱好者、学员和裁判解释了各规则的应用、要点、和相应的处置和处罚。

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Most of my friends just came back from their Chinese New Year Holiday a few weeks ago,  they travelled to Portugal, having their  Portuguese golf  holidays.  They posted lots of pictures on google+ and Flickr, which were very fantastic. Well, as for me, if possible, I am planning to have a golf holiday to European with my friends this summer.

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恰好昨天在微博上看到@中体科训王立的恶搞漫画，今天就刚好又看到某高协一个比赛取消的通知。

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