Story: Golf

This diagram shows the main features common to golf courses:

• tee – the area where golfers begin to play each hole (a tee is a small movable stand on  which the ball is placed before it is hit with a club – a 'stroke') 
• fairway – a larger area of mown grass, providing a consistent bounce and direction for the ball after it is struck
• green – an area of closely mown grass at the opposite end of the fairway from the tee. A ball lying on the green is played with a special small-faced club called a putter
• rough – areas of longer grass on either side of the fairway. Players aim to keep their balls out of these areas
• water hazard – a body of water designed to make the hole more difficult to play
• bunker – a depression or pit of sand, usually close to the fairway and/or the green, designed to make the hole more difficult to play
• pin/hole – a stick with a flag attached indicating the location of the hole within the green. The ball must end up in the hole, which has a cup inside so it can be easily retrieved.