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... Golf ( R.Q. ) Golf is a cross - country game played by striking a small ball with various clubs from a series of teeing grounds into a like series of holes on a course . The player who holes his ball in the fewest strokes is the winner ...
... Golf ( R.Q. ) Golf is a cross - country game played by striking a small ball with various clubs from a series of teeing grounds into a like series of holes on a course . The player who holes his ball in the fewest strokes is the winner ...
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... golf : " To the GOLF PLAYERS : The Season for this pleasant and healthy Exercise now advancing , Gentlemen may be furnished with excellent CLUBS and the veri- table Caledonian BALLS , by enquiring at the Printer's . " The next evidence ...
... golf : " To the GOLF PLAYERS : The Season for this pleasant and healthy Exercise now advancing , Gentlemen may be furnished with excellent CLUBS and the veri- table Caledonian BALLS , by enquiring at the Printer's . " The next evidence ...
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... golf . Par - three golf courses , on which the distance between the holes measures approximately 100 yards ( 90 metres ) and plays at par three , were developed as a result of the shortage of available open land in con- gested urban ...
... golf . Par - three golf courses , on which the distance between the holes measures approximately 100 yards ( 90 metres ) and plays at par three , were developed as a result of the shortage of available open land in con- gested urban ...
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