Global Sports: How To Golf Tournament - Preparing for Competition

Monday, October 31, 2011

How To Golf Tournament - Preparing for Competition

By Antony J Parkins


Tournaments always offer prizes such as trophies, give-away and other awards. However, in a tournament, not all participants can get prizes. Usually, it is for the people who won the tournament and for the people deemed worthy by the judges or the panelists. The criteria for such tournaments vary depending on how the panelists judge the performance of each golfer. Most of the time, participants are given certificates as a recognition for joining or experiencing the said event but there are always chosen players who will receive special awards for showing an excellent performance.

Upon hearing the word tournament, the first thing that always comes to our mind is the prizes. Nowadays, there are different types of prizes given to those who played exceptionally in the tournament. Trophies, medals and cash are the forms of these prizes however, during the year 1860, the prize came in a form of a belt and people called it the "Championship Belt". There were no cash prizes at that time but after a couple of years, they added a monetary prize together with the belt.

There are also different types of awards that can be given to a golfer depending on the situation; it is even possible that the person with the most water hazard plays and not the highest scorer for the course/field can get the award. These are the so-called situation gifts that add more fun and joy to the tournament. It is like and award for the players who commits the most errors or mistakes in a game.



More and more people are playing golf because of its popularity and the golfers they admire influenced some of them to play the game. Professional players like Luke Donald and Tiger Woods showed the world that playing golf is an enjoyable thing to do. Because it is very popular, tournaments or open championships were organized to allow all the aspiring golfers to show their talent. The first ever golf tournament was first played on October 17, 1960 and in the beginning, the award came in a form of a leather belt with a silver buckle. The people called this as the championship belt later on.




About the Author:



No comments:

Post a Comment