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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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The Republic of Finland (in the Finnish Suomi) is located in Northern Europe in Scandinavia. Finland has 5.5 million inhabitants. Neighboring countries are Russia, Norway and Sweden. On the other side of the Finnish golf is Estonia. Finland is located at the Gulf of Bothnia and the Baltic Sea. The capital of Finland is Helsinki. The nickname of Finland is the land of a thousand lakes, because it contains 180,000 lakes. The lakes are at least 5 months per year frozen. Finland is mainly known for the intensive use of saunas: 1.7 million saunas at 5.5 million inhabitants. After Iceland Finland is the most northern state of Europe. A third of Finland lies above the Arctic Circle. Lapland (Lappi) is the largest province of Finland. Finland has 1.2 million hectares of protected area including 27 accessible national parks ( "kansallispuisto '). Not accessable are 19 regional nature reserves (luonnonpuisto '). Finland can be visited during the whole year: winter is popular as a winter sports destination and in the summer there are many open-air theatres and festivals in Finland.