A single player or a good twosome may complete an 18-hole game in as little as 2 hours on an empty golf course. Depending on the age of the participants, this can be accomplished by walking or riding. An 18-hole round on a crowded golf course with mediocre to bad players can take up to 6 hours to complete.
The average adult male walks at about 3 miles per hour. This means that he could walk the 18 holes of a normal length course in about 45 minutes. The average female walks at about 2 miles per hour. This means that she could walk the same course in about 30 minutes.
For those who ride, the average male golf rider goes at least 19 miles per hour. This means that he could ride the course for approximately 2 hours and 15 minutes. The average female golf rider goes about 17 miles per hour. This means that she could ride for about 1 hour and 40 minutes.
It all depends on your pace and the pace of your companions. A longer game requires more distance covered than an abbreviated one. Thus, the time required to complete an 18-hole game of golf is usually between 2 and 6 hours.
On an empty golf course, a single player or a skilled twosome can play a 9-hole round in as little as 75 minutes. That can be done by walking or riding, depending on the age of the players. Walking is easier for some people than others, so consider your physical condition before choosing this mode of transportation.
The average person can walk up to 3 miles per hour. Multiply that by 9 and you have 54 miles per day and 725 miles per year. This is enough distance to walk from New York City to Boston! Of course, there are many other things to think about when deciding how to travel 9 holes, such as road conditions, weather, etc. You should also plan where you will sleep each night while traveling like this.
Walking is often the best option for those who live in rural areas or suburban neighborhoods without any traffic lights or convenient places to stop for gas. It's also great if you have an exercise habit you want to keep up with while still traveling for work or play.
However, walking isn't always the easiest choice due to circumstances such as hilly terrain or cold weather. If you need to transport a car, bus, or train to get around, walking from place to place within a city could be difficult because you would need to walk up hills or along busy roads to get from one end to the other.
A typical golf hole will take a group of professional players around 10 minutes and a group of ordinary amateurs about 15 minutes to complete. This amounts to an 18-hole round of golf lasting between 3 and 4 1/2 hours. Longer rounds are not common - the record is 7 hours 50 minutes by Tom Lehmann and Fred Ridley in 1995.
The longest known continuous golf game was played by Willie Anderson and his partners over six days in 1919. The event took place at Washington Park in Chicago and was reported in the Chicago Daily Tribune newspaper. Anderson's final score was 206, which included five holes where he scored exactly 100. The first four holes were 36, 37, 99 and 200 yards respectively while the fifth was only 40 yards. No one else joined him until after the sixth day when they all finished together with scores of 207, 205, 202 and 203.
It's been estimated that a person needs about an hour to play a fair game of golf, so the length of the game indicates that someone must have been watching over them!
Golf dates back to 1753 when it was invented by George Stubbs as a means of exercise for horses. The sport's governing body, the International Golf Federation, was founded in 1857. It approved rules of play in 1859 and established an official world championship in 1864.
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