Golf in Cold Ashby, Northamptonshire

Golf is a sport in which a player, using many types of clubs including a driver and a putter, hits a ball into each hole on a golf course in the lowest possible number of strokes. Golf is one of the few ball games that does not use a standardized playing area; rather, the game is played on golf "courses", each one of which has a unique design and typically consists of either 9 or 18 holes. Golf is defined in the Rules of Golf as "playing a ball with a club from the teeing ground into the hole by a stroke or successive strokes in accordance with the Rules."

Golf has increasingly turned into a spectator game, with several different levels of professional and amateur tours in many regions of the world. People such as Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus, Lorena Ochoa and Annika Sorenstam have become well recognized sports figures across the world. Sponsorship has also become a huge part of the game and players often earn more from their sponsorship contracts than they do from the game itself.

A handicap is a numerical measure of an amateur golfer's ability to play golf over 18 holes. Handicaps can be applied either for stroke play competition or match play competition. In either competition, a handicap generally represents the number of strokes above par that a player will achieve on an above average day.

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Cold Ashby is a village in the Daventry district of the county of Northamptonshire in England.

The village of Cold Ashby sits astride the 200 metre (656 feet) contour line on the highest ground for miles around. The height of the village may have something to do with its name. In years gone by the village was often snowbound during the winter, sometimes cut off for weeks.

The modern village is still small with a population of around 200 and is largely unspoiled by development. There is a public house, The Black Horse and a church, St. Denys's.

The Church of St. Denys dominates the village, built of stone in the early English style. There is a chancel, clerestorial nave, south porch and a crenellated western tower with pinnacles.

Cold Ashby is just over 2 miles (3 kilometers) from Naseby, site of the great battle of the Civil War in 1645.