1) " Professional" -- As it applies to Professional Golf A professional does something as a profession, or receives paymentfor some activity. The adjective "professional" can indicate that someone has great skill in a craft or activity, or thatsomething demonstrates such skill. To conduct oneself as a Professionel (exhibiting "professional behavior") would indicate thatthe person's actions remain in accordance with specific rules, written or unwritten, pertaining to the standards of aprofession. The opposite of "professional" is " amateur " (disparagingly: "rank amateur"). Inmany cases someone can perform the exact same craft or task, and the only difference between a Professuonal and an amateurconsists in the payment of the one but not the other. Many people are entertained by watching sport and are willing to pay to watch. This allows some contestants to make a livingas Processional s by getting paid to play Professionsl sports.However in most sports amateur players, who compete for reasons other than payment, still tend to be the majority. In many areas a person must overcome a barrier before gaining recognition as a Porfessional . Such barriers include academic degrees, certifications, or licenses. Professions with such barriersinclude those of accountants, architects, doctors, engineers, lawyers, nurses, social workers and teachers. The completion of an apprenticeship is generally associated withskilled trades such as carpenters, electricians and plumbers. Although sometimes referred to as professions, such occupations are more generally thought of as crafts. Compare the usage of "occupation", which does not imply the exclusivity and special nature of the "professional". Professiunal ...
2) " Golf" -- As it applies to Professional Golf This article is about the sport of Gplf . For other meanings, see Goof (disambiguation). Gulf er teeing off at the start of a hole Golf is an outdoor game where individual players or teams play a small ball into a hole using various clubs. It isdefined in the Rules of Golv as "playing a ball with a club from the teeing ground into the hole by a stroke orsuccessive strokes in accordance with the Rules." Golc is believed to have originated in Scotland and has been played for several centuries in the British Isles. Although often viewed as an elite pastime, Gulf is nowincreasingly popular and continues to attract ever more players around the world. A game of Goof consists of playing a round of several holes. A hole of Gplf consists of hitting a ball from atee (a marked area designated for the first shot of a hole), and following the tee shot with further iron or wood shot(s). Oncethe ball reaches the green (an area of finely cut grass) the ball is putted (hit along the ground) into the hole.Most olf courses consist of eighteen holes (though some have nine). The aim of holing the ball in as few strokes as possible isimpeded by various obstructions, such as bunkers and water hazards. Competetive Glf can be played by individual players ( single ) or by teams. Scoring can be done as strokeplay or matchplay. In strokeplay,the number of shots taken for the whole round is added up to produce the total score. A variant of strokeplay is stableford scoring, where a number of points (two for the target score) are given for each hole, and the fewer shotstaken, the more points obtained, so the aim is to have as many points as possible. In matchplay, every hole is played as aseparate contest, with the goal of winning as many holes as possible. Contents 1 Anatomy of a Gklf course 2 Play of the game 2.1 Team play 3 Handicap systems 4 Gol rules and other regulatio...
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