Golf Course in Wallingford, Oxfordshire

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."

A golf course consists of a series of holes, each consisting of a teeing area, fairway, rough and other hazards, and the green with the pin and cup. Because a round of golf consists of playing 18 holes, most golf courses have this number of holes. Some however only have nine holes and the course is played twice per round, while others have 27 or 36 and choose two groups of nine holes at a time for novelty and maintenance reasons. Many older golf courses, often coastal, are golf links, of a different style to others. For other than municipal courses, there is usually a golf club based at each golf course.

An average golf course will consist of the following elements:

• Teeing Area
• Fairway
• Rough
• Hazards (including lakes and trees)
• Putting Green

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Wallingford is a small market town and civil parish in the upper Thames Valley in the English administrative county of Oxfordshire, and the historic county of Berkshire.

Wallingford sits on the western side of the River Thames. Across the river is the village of Crowmarsh Gifford. The two are linked by Wallingford Bridge, a notable 900 ft long medieval stone bridge across the Thames and adjacent.

The centre of Wallingford has the feel of a typical old market town, with a large open town-square around the war memorial, the 17th century arcaded town hall and the church of St Mary-le-More, and flanked by numerous shops.

The main employers based in Wallingford are primarily on the Hithercroft Trading Estate (established in the 1970s), and include Habitat, Rowse Honey, Youngsters, Royal Mail and Fugro.

A.F.C. Wallingford is the local football club. Other sports clubs include the rugby club Wallingford RFC, Wallingford Hockey Club, Wallingford Rowing Club, Wallingford Cricket Club and the Portcullis Tennis Club.