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Golf is defined as a game outside on a special job is played using a golf ball and golf club that a Set of steel or titanium can be. The golfer turn the ball in a series of holes in the fewest possible number of strokes. Each club that is used is specially designed for the Different Are needed for the golf ball from the tee into the hole. The hole is on the green at the end of each job, the fairway. Each has its own fairway baanvorm and length, with increasingly different obstacles and hurdles. A wedstrijdbaan has eighteen holes.

The golf begins with the exit from the tee with the golf club called the driver. Now you use different types of clubs: woods, irons and putter. Which club you always used depends on the situation on the Golf Course and da distance that you still must answer. The woods are especially important for the long distance, for example, a precise pass from Bunker require irons as the pitching or sand wedge. Otherwise, the putter, which is specially made for the green, and is used to the golf ball in the hole ultimately saving.

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Albania as a holiday is not yet open for a long time. The country is very long been closed to foreign tourists. Albania is located in the west of the Balkanschiereiland. Albania is situated on the Adriatic and Ionian Sea and adjacent to the neighbouring Montenegro, Greece, Macedonia and Serbia. In 1912 Albania became independent. After the 2nd World War, the country came under the leadership of the communist regime of Enver Hoxha. Since then the country has come in isolation from the rest of the world. It is Albania in the nineties the poorest country of Europe. The capital Tirana. Other cities of importance are: Durresi, Berati, Benvenuti, Elbasan, Skampa and Sarande. The archaeological site Butrinti contains important monuments from the Greek, Roman, Byzantine and Venetian time. Recently, this special place by an English newspaper elected to one of the top 10 places on the World Heritage. Butrinti is located in southern Albania at less than 10 kilometres from the island of Corfu. Tourism in Albania is still not very developed. Yet the country in terms of natural beauty and archaeological treasures much to offer. Most tourists are day trippers or in transit to one of the neighbours.