Golfing Community and the Golf Courses

Golf has emerged as major outdoor phenomenon and as a sport has developed a consistent fan following both on and off the greens. Webosphere is teeming with online golf communities that serve not only as a portal to introduce new players to golf, self-improvement tips for veteran golfers to selling golfing accessories. Most golf courses are allow members only entry or member accompanied by guests to play. This creates an exclusive golf community that serves as a launch pad for both budding golfers as well as established players. Also, in places where there is no established market for golf accessories, the communities' acts as a point of entry for the golfing goods.

In the early days, golf was played on a regular field, no specialized golf greens existed. However, with arrival of industrial age, people became more enterprising as a result handicaps and obstacles started appearing on the course. This contributed towards further development of golf course design until it developed into a full-fledged science. Towards the turn of the century, golf courses grew aesthetically appealing with varied difficult level. Also, roughs, water hazard, meadows, dense vegetation etc were added to the overall design of the course.

Golf Courses are landscaped green areas used to play golf. Golf courses comprises a series of holes, each consisting of a teeing ground, a fairway, the rough and other handicaps, and a green with a flagstick, denoting the hole to be played before moving to the next one. A standard round of golf consists of playing eighteen holes, and however, there are some shorter golf courses with nine holes as well.

Another fixed feature of golf courses is the driving ranges, that help a new golfer fine tune their drives and swings. Similarly, caddies or instructors help golfers decide which club is best suited for a particular shot depending on terrain, wind conditions and range.

One of the latest trends contributing towards development of a golfing community is developing real estate around a golf course to attract golf lovers and foster relationships and camaraderie among golfers. Such communities also serve as a platform for individuals within the golf industry who are interested in building and maintaining relationships as well as bringing golf related news to the people. Being a costly affair, there are high possibilities that these communities are occupied by the business elites and corporate executives. Such golf courses become hotspot for business deals and become synonymous with on course deals.