Contents 1
Preparatory Lesson One 1
Text A．Equipment 1
Text B．What's in a Golf Set? 8
Answer Key 10
Preparatory Lesson Two 12
Text A．Golf Course 12
Text B．What is Golf? 15
Answer Key 17
Preparatory Lesson Three 18
Text A．Golf Skill 18
Text B．Americans Play Golf 20
Answer Key 22
Unit 1 Conspectus of Golf 23
Text A．Golf 23
Text B．Golf Costs 25
Answer Key 26
Unit 2 Origin of Golf 28
Text A．Early History of Golf 28
Text B． Old Clubs and Balls 30
Answer Key 32
Unit 3 Actuality of Golf 34
Text A．Present Situation of Golf in the U．S．A 34
Text B．Potential Development of Golf in China 36
Answer Key 38
Unit 4 ABC Golf 40
Text A．Classification of Clubs and Balls 40
Text B．Basic Golf（1） 42
Answer Key 44
Unit 5 Play Golf 45
Text A．How to Learn to Play 45
Text B．Basic Golf（2） 47
Answer Key 50
Text A．How to Swing 51
Unit6 Perfect Swing 51
Text B．How to Practice and Learn 53
Answer Key 55
Unit 7 Lookat Your Ball! 57
Text A．How to Tee a Ball 57
Text B．How to Mark Your Ball 59
Answer Key 61
Text A．How to Tend the Flagstick 62
Unit 8 Some Skills 62
TextB．How to Adopt Oneself 63
Answer Key 66
Unit 9 Warming-up 68
Text A．How to Dress 68
Text B．The Fundamentals 71
Answer Key 72
Unit 10 Play Safely,Courteously and Quickly 74
Text A．How to Play Quickly 74
Text B．How to Play Safely 77
Text C．How to Play Courteously 80
Answer Key 84
Unit 11 Golf Champions 86
Text A．Tournament Golf 86
Text B．Golf Institutions 90
Answer Key 93
Unit 12 Famous Golfers 96
Text A．Tiger Woods 96
Text B．Phil Mickelson 98
Text C．Ernie Els 100
Answer Key 103
Unit 13 Some Golf Books 104
Text A．A Beginners Guide to Golf 104
Text B．Easy Way to Learn Golf 105
Text C．Welcome to Golf Booklet 105
Text D．Computerizing Your Golf Facility（Third Edition） 106
Text F．Marketing Your Golf Course 107
Text E．Women Welcome Here! 107
Answer Key 112
Unit 14 How Golf Courses Operate 113
Text A．Types of Golf Facilities 113
Text B．Getting a Tee Time 116
Text C．Price to Play Varies 118
Text D．Getting to Know Who's Who 120
Text E．Some Hints about Golf Vacations 122
Answer Key 124
Unit 15 Basic Function of Communications 126
Text A．Communicating with Staff 126
Text B．Communicating with Your Board 129
Text C．Communicating with Your Members 130
Answer Key 134
Unit 16 Membership Election 135
Text A．Clubs'Requirements 135
Text B．Mermbership Levels 137
Text C．Types of Membership 139
Answer Key 141
Unit 17 Ground Rules for Communication 143
Text A．Clear Request 143
Text B．5Ws and 1H 144
Text C．What is Missing? 145
Text D．Invitation Reservation 147
Text E．Typesetting Equipment 149
Text F．Circuit Television 150
Text G．Use the Last Name 151
Answer Key 153
Unit 18 Preparing The Course 155
Text A．General 155
Text B．Fairways 156
Text C．Putting Greens 158
Text D．Rough 160
Text E．Teeing Grounds 162
Text F．Bunkers 163
TextG．Trees 164
Answer Key 166
Unit 19 Lawn Maintenance 168
Text A．Lawn Maintenance 168
Text B．Mowing 169
Text C．Top Dressing 171
Text D．Feeding 172
Text E．Watering 173
Answer Key 175
Unit 20 Golf Course Design 176
Text A．Development of Golf Course Design 176
Text B．Natural Golf Courses 177
Text C．Demand of Designs 178
Text D．The Design Process 179
Text E．The T．W．P Team 180
Text F．The Creation in Golf Course Design 182
Answer Key 184
Appendix 1 Glossary 185
Appendix 2 Golf Web Site 208
Appendix 3 Golf Courses 212
Appendix 4 Ranking 214
Appendix 5 Golf Terms 216
Ⅰ．Golf Skill 216
Ⅱ．Golf Equipment 221
Ⅲ．Golf Rules 223
Ⅳ．Golf Tournament 225
Ⅴ．Golf Course Course Management 229
Appendix 6 Some Winners 233
The Masters Tournament Winners（1934—2003） 233
U．S．Open Champions（1895—2003） 234
U．S．PGA Champions（1916—2003） 236
British Open Champions（1920—2003） 237
Reference 239