The object of the game is to get your ball from the tee (the start of any course) to the green and then into the hole in the fewest strokes a possible number of shots possible. The physical hole indicated by a flag into which the ball must be sunk, as well as the entire area from the tee to the green, are both referred to as 'the hole.' With a conventional course consisting of 18 different holes played in turn, this might be regarded as one unit of the course.

The goal of the game is to hit the ball into a hole from the teeing ground using a series of strokes that obey the rules. A round of 18 holes is required, and most golf courses have that many. Standard 18-hole courses are between 6,500 and 7,000 yards (5,900 and 6,400 meters) long, with individual holes ranging from 100 to 600 yards in length (90 to 550 meters). Some courses only have nine holes that are played twice in around. The clubs are designed to accommodate a variety of ball locations as well as varying distances between the ball and the hole. The goal is to hole the ball in as few strokes as possible.

Golf is precision and accurate sport in which players use clubs to hit a ball into a succession of holes on a golf course in the fewest number of strokes possible. Golf, as we know it now, began in Scotland in the 15th century, but its early origins are unknown and hotly discussed. According to some research, a similar game known as 'colf' or 'kolven' was played in the Netherlands before being brought to the British Isles in the 15th century. In March 1744, 'The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers' created the first set of regulations for the game.

In 1860, in Ayrshire, Scotland, the world's inaugural golf event and golf's first major, 'The Open Championship,' was held for the first time. The first women's golf tournaments were held towards the end of the nineteenth century, and the first golf course was built in England in 1864.