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Weird Facts about Golf

- Strange, Wacky & Hilarious Stories

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  • Format
  • Bog, paperback
  • Engelsk
  • 223 sider

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These days you can play a round on the ice floes in the Arctic, in the war zones of Afghanistan and Iraq and on the plains of Africa. The rich history of the sport has produced a wealth of screwball, outlandish and just plain weird tales: * Golf was invented in Scotland over 500 years ago, but the Chinese claim a similar game as far back as 943 AD * In a three-day span on a course in Wales, a mother, father and son each made a hole-in-one; the odds of this feat are at least 10,000,000 to one * The Toonik Tyme Festival in Nunavut features a nine-hole golf tournament on sea ice with fluorescent balls and parka-clad golfers at Temperatures of -50 degrees Celsius * Four-time long-drive champion Jason Zuback once drove a golf ball over 700 yards on an airport runway * Eight of the world's oldest golf clubs owned by the Royal Troon Golf Club in Scotland are worth at least $5 million. * And more...

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  • SprogEngelsk
  • Sidetal223
  • Udgivelsesdato08-04-2008
  • ISBN139781897277256
  • Forlag Overtime Books
  • Nummer i serien429
  • FormatPaperback
  • Udgave0
Størrelse og vægt
  • Vægt226 g
  • Dybde1,7 cm
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    10 cm
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    13,2 cm
    20,5 cm

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