Chicago White Sox Tickets in Chicago, Illinois For Sale

Chicago White Sox Tickets
Camelback Ranch Stadium
Phoenix, Arizona
We have the best prices and largest selection of tickets on the web!
Go to http://onlineticketwindow.com/ResultsGeneral.aspx?pcatid=1&ccatid=63&gcatid=16&kwds=Chicago%20White%20Sox to see the large inventory of tickets.
Baltimore Ravens Buffalo Bills Cincinnati Bengals Cleveland Browns Denver Broncos Houston Texans Indianapolis Colts Jacksonville Jaguars Kansas City Chiefs Miami Dolphins New England Patriots New York Jets Oakland Raiders Pittsburgh Steelers San Diego Chargers Tennessee Titans Arizona Cardinals Atlanta Falcons Carolina Panthers Chicago Bears Dallas_ Cowboys Detroit Lions Green Bay Packers Minnesota Vikings New Orleans Saints New York Giants Philadelphia Eagles San Francisco 49ers Seattle Seahawks St Louis Rams Tampa Bay Buccaneers Washington Redskins Atlanta Hawks Boston Celtics Brooklyn Nets Charlotte Bobcats Chicago Bulls Cleveland Cavaliers Detroit Pistons Indiana Pacers Miami Heat Milwaukee Bucks New York Knicks Orlando Magic Philadelphia 76ers Toronto Raptors Washington Wizards Dallas Mavericks Denver Nuggets Golden State Warriors Houston Rockets Los Angeles Clippers Lakers Memphis Grizzlies Minnesota Timberwolves New Orleans Pelicans Phoenix Suns Portland Trail Blazers Sacramento Kings San Antonio Spurs Oklahoma City Thunder Utah Jazz Boston Bruins Buffalo Sabres Carolina Hurricanes Florida Panthers Montreal Canadiens New Jersey Devils New York Islanders New York Rangers Ottawa Senators Philadelphia Flyers Pittsburgh Penguins Tampa Bay Lightning Toronto Maple Leafs Washington Capitals Winnipeg Jets Calgary Flames Chicago Blackhawks Colorado Avalanche Columbus Blue Jackets Dallas Stars Detroit Red Wings Edmonton Oilers Los Angeles Kings Anaheim Ducks Minnesota Wild Nashville Predators Phoenix Coyotes San Jose Sharks Blues Vancouver Canucks Alabama Crimson Tide Florida State Seminoles Ohio Buckeyes Baylor Bears Stanford Cardinals Oregon Ducks Auburn Clemson South Carolina Gamecocks Texas A&M Oklahoma State Michigan UCLA USC UCF Knights Wisconsin Badgers LSU Louisville Fresno State Arizona State Sun Devils Northern Illinoisice Cole Swindell The Book of Mormon Brazil Jason Aldean Florida Georgia Line Tyler Farr Disney On Ice Lets Celebrate Argentina Jeff Dunham Miley Cyrus Imagine Dragons The Lion King Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus Sting Paul Simon Colt Ford Elton John George Strait Martina Mcbride Jersey Boys Michael Buble Pink Elf Rockin Ever After Kings of Leon Gary Clark Jr Phantom of The Opera Matilda Billy Joel Mannheim Steamroller A Christmas Story Princesses and Heroes The Nutcracker Zac Brown Band Sheryl Crow Pearl Jam Lee Ann Womack Lady Antebellum Kip Moore Kacey Musgraves Jay Z Kanye West Kendrick Lamar Motown Cirque Du Soleil Dreams Holidaze Advanced Auto Parts Monster Jam Kinky Boots Keith Urban Little Big Town John Mayer Demi Lovato Lady Gaga Chris Young Passport To Adventure Drake Miguel 100 Years of Magic A Christmas Carol Andrea Bocelli WWE Raw Wrestlemania BCS Championship Game Finals All Star Game National Finals Rodeo Irving Berlins White Christmas The Harlem Globetrotters Justin Timberlake How The Grinch Stole Vince Gill Ben Folds Five Joel Osteen Selena Gomez Jerry Seinfeld Beauty Beast Betrayal Amaluna Donny Marie Theresa Caputo Alejandro Fernandez Fresh Beat Band Brad Paisley War Horse Joe Bonamassa Kiss Jingle Ball Macklemore Ryan Lewis Justin Moore The Lion King Uconn Huskies Straight No Chaser Billy Crystal Eric Church Evita Mamma Mia AMA American Music Awards MTV Video Country Longhorns Nitro Celine Dion UFC Hillsong United Blue Man Group Spider Man Turn Off The Dark Nascar Sprint Cup Jim Gaffigan Once Journey Supercross Van Morrison Robin Thicke Flo Rida Austin Mahone PBR Professional Bull Riders Smackdown super bowl barry Manilow cornhuskers ron white brian regan one direction ballet yo gabba gabba porgy bess jimmy buffett we will rock you celtic woman formula one racing usa united states grand prix korn rob zombie jayhawks The band perry easton corbin sister act oak ridge boys panic! at the disco panic bryan adams ghostdarius rucker eli young willie nelson chris cornell enrique iglesias john pinette rod stewart steve winwood maroon 5 train peter and the starcatcher rigoletto john legend tobymac annie britney spears bill cosby million dollar quartet american idiot artic monkeys west side story bill o'reilly dennis miller army black knights winter classic xxxx TLC tables ladders chairs acc football avett brothers marc anthony the wizard of oz shania twain hunter hayes ashley monroe rain sesame street jaheim big ten waiting for godot i love lucy avril lavigne ariana grande wildcats anderson silva bonnie raitt third eye blind janis joplinthe jacksonian so you think you can dance mgmt george lopez phish royal rumble summerslam pixies kenny rogers a prairie home companion garrison keillor san antonio stock show Rodeo tim mcgraw band perry bangerz kroq almost acoustic one direction 1d 1 crossroads classic david garrett nice inch nails neil young larry the cable guy amos lee latin grammy awards charlie wilson la nouba honduras trace adkins 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 georges st pierre jimmy fallon dolly parton stevie wonder gators pippin varekai tony bennett rihanna beyonce pitbull rock of ages pretty lights survivor series black crowes bassnectar pentatonix young the giant katt williams moody blues zz top max and ruby totem kmvq 99.7 REO Speedwagon megadeath spring training gabriel iglesias Richard III Rascals excision styx zab judah cyndi lauper amor a la musica b.b. king bb mike epps bill maher jim brickman stomp wrex the halls arcade fire alt-j alt j joan sebastian bruno mars alan jackson Il Divo yanni big fish dave koz nfl pro bowl backstreet boys jam romeo juliet diana krall michael jackson one jill scott amy grant armin van buuren rascal flatts T.I. Kathy Griffin dave chappelle stagecoach festival coachella daytona 500 pepe aguilar brian mcknight fleedwood mac ncaa mens womans finals round 1 2 3 4 5 krewella day pass bayou city and colour u2 black sabbath steve miller band jason aldean night train tour gavin degraw neon lights superfest paul anka electric cali faith hill aladdin widespread panicradiolab fitz tantrums bnp paribas open chris tucker 30 seconds to mars alice cooper kentucky derby harry connick jr gustavo dudamel daniel tosh julio natalie cole keith sweath wiz khalifa elvis costello zedd j cole nuclear cowboyz deadmau5 ringo starr lynyrd skynyrd XLVIII pink martini taylor swift seats vip backstage courtside front row vs versus cheap discounted last minute tix ticket courtside premier Monty Python rod stewart annie 700 sundays a time to kill after midnight betrayal big fish chicago cinderella first date macbeth no mans godot newsies romeo and juliet Glass Menagerie Snow Geese wicked broadway Twelfth Night Richard III winslow boy Baltimore Orioles Boston Red Sox Chicago White Sox Cleveland Indians Detroit Tigers Kansas City Royals Los Angeles of Anaheim Angels Minnesota Twins New York Yankees Oakland Athletics Seattle Mariners Tampa Bay Rays Texas Rangers Toronto Blue Jays Arizona Diamondbacks Atlanta Braves Chicago Cubs Cincinnati Reds Colorado Rockies Miami Marlins Houston Astros Los Angeles Dodgers Milwaukee Brewers New York Mets Philadelphia Phillies Pittsburgh Pirates San Diego Padres San Francisco Giants St Louis Cardinals Washington Nationals Bruno Mars Bryan Adams Casting Crowns, Steve Curtis Chapman & Natalie Grant Celtic Thunder Celtic Woman Cher Charlie Wilson Chicago - The Band Chicago - The Musical Chris Botti Chris Cornell Cirque Dreams: Holidaze Cirque Du Soleil - Varekai Darius Rucker Dark Star OrchestraDave Koz David Garrett Demi Lovato Diana Krall Disney's Beauty And The Beast Disney Junior Live: Pirate & Princess Adventure Disney Live! Three Classic Fairy Tales Disney On Ice: Let's Celebrate! Disney On Ice: 100 Years Of Magic Disney On Ice: Princesses And Heroes Disney On Ice: Rockin' Ever After Disney On Ice: Passport To Adventure Dixie Chicks Donny and Marie - Christmas Tour Drake & Miguel Eddie Izzard Elf Elton John Evita Flashdance Florida Georgia Line 50 Shades! The Musical A Christmas Carol A Christmas Story Advance Auto Parts Monster Jam Adventure Club Alejandro Fernandez Alton Brown Live American Idiot Amos Lee Andrea Bocelli Arcade Fire Arctic Monkeys Austin Mahone B.B. King Barry Manilow Beyonce Bill Cosby Billy Joel Black Crowes Black Sabbath Blue Man Group Bonnie Raitt Brad Paisley Brian Regan Brian Setzer Orchestra Freestyle Motocross: Nuclear Cowboyz Gabriel Iglesias Garth Brooks Gavin Degraw George Lopez George Strait Ghost - The Musical Hedley Hillsong United How The Grinch Stole Christmas Hunter Hayes & Ashley Monroe I Love Lucy - Live Onstage il Divo: A Musical Affair Imagine Dragons Irving Berlin's White Christmas J. Cole Jaheim & Chrisette Michele Jake Miller Jason Aldean Jay-Z Jeff Dunham Jerry Seinfeld Jersey Boys Jim Brickman Jim Gaffigan Jimmy Buffett Joe Bonamassa Joel Osteen John Legend John Mayer John Pinette John Prine Johnny Reid Journey & Steve Miller Band Justin Moore Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience World Tour Kanye West & Kendrick Lamar Kathy Griffin Keith Urban Kenny Rogers Kings of Leon & Gary Clark Jr. Kip Moore Korn & Rob Zombie Lady Antebellum Larry The Cable Guy Lewis Black Luke Bryan Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Mamma Mia! Mannheim Steamroller Marc Anthon Martina McBride Max and Ruby - The Nutcracker Suite Merle Haggard MGMT Michael Buble Miley Cyrus -- Bangerz Tour Million Dollar Quarte Monster Energy AMA Supercross Moody Blues Moscow Ballet's Great Russian Nutcracker MythBusters: Behind the Myths Nine Inch Nail Nitro Circus Live Once Panic! At The Disco Paramore, Metric & HelloGoodbye Paul Simon & Sting PBR - Professional Bull Rider Pearl Jam Pentatonix Peter And The Starcatcher Phantom of the Opera Pink Porgy and Bess Pretty Lights PBR - Professional Bull Riders Radio City Christmas Spectacular Rain - A Tribute to The Beattles REO Speedwagon Ringling Brothers And Barnum & Bailey Circus Robert Earl Keen Robin Thicke & Jessie J Rod Stewart & Steve Winwood Ron White Selena Gomez Sesame Street Live: Can't Stop Singing Sesame Street Live: Make A New Friend Sesame Street Live: Elmo Makes Music Shen Yun Performing Arts Sister Act Skillet & Third Day Slayer & Gojira So You Think You Can Dance? - Live Tour Sting & Paul Simon Straight No Chaser Stuart McLean Styx The Addams Family The Avett Brothers The Band Perry The Book Of Mormon The Eagles The Fresh Beat Band The Harlem Globetrotters The Lion King The Nutcracker The Oak Ridge Boys The Piano Guys The Story Tour: Casting Crowns, Steve Curtis Chapman & Natalie Grant The Wizard Of Oz Theresa Caputo Third Eye Blind TobyMac Tony Bennett Trace Adkins Trans-Siberian Orchestra: The Lost Christmas Eve Twenty One Pilots UFC War Horse We Will Rock You West Side StoryWicked Willie Nelson WWE: Live WWE: SmackDown WWE: Raw Yo Gabba Gabba: Holiday Show Zac Brown Band ZZ Top Baltimore Ravens Buffalo Bills Cincinnati Bengals Cleveland Browns Denver Broncos Houston Texans Indianapolis Colts Jacksonville Jaguars Kansas City Chiefs Miami Dolphins New England Patriots New York Jets Oakland Raiders Pittsburgh Steelers San Diego Chargers Tennessee Titans Arizona Cardinals Atlanta Falcons Carolina Panthers Chicago Bears Dallas_ Cowboys Detroit Lions Green Bay Packers Minnesota Vikings New Orleans Saints New York Giants Philadelphia Eagles San Francisco 49ers Seattle Seahawks St Louis Rams Tampa Bay Buccaneers Washington Redskins Atlanta Hawks Boston Celtics Brooklyn Nets Charlotte Bobcats Chicago Bulls Cleveland Cavaliers Detroit Pistons Indiana Pacers Miami Heat Milwaukee Bucks New York Knicks Orlando Magic Philadelphia 76ers Toronto Raptors Washington Wizards Dallas Mavericks Denver Nuggets Golden State Warriors Houston Rockets Los Angeles Clippers Lakers Memphis Grizzlies Minnesota Timberwolves New Orleans Pelicans Phoenix Suns Portland Trail Blazers Sacramento Kings San Antonio Spurs Oklahoma City Thunder Utah Jazz Boston Bruins Buffalo Sabres Carolina Hurricanes Florida Panthers Montreal Canadiens New Jersey Devils New York Islanders New York Rangers Ottawa Senators Philadelphia Flyers Pittsburgh Penguins Tampa Bay Lightning
Golf is a precision club and ball sport in which competing players (or golfers) use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course using the fewest number of strokes. Golf is defined, in the rules of golf, as When the initial shot on a hole is intended to move the ball a long distance (typically more than 225 yards), the shot is commonly called a "drive" and is generally made with a long-shafted, large-headed wood club called a "driver". Shorter holes may be initiated with other clubs, such as higher-numbered woods or irons. Once the ball comes to rest, the golfer strikes it again as many times as necessary using shots that are variously known as a "lay-up", an "approach", a "pitch", or a "chip", until the ball reaches the green, where he or she then "putts" the ball into the hole (commonly called "sinking the putt" or "holing out"). The goal of getting the ball into the hole ("holing" the ball) in as few strokes as possible may be impeded by obstacles such as areas of longer grass called "rough" (usually found alongside fairways) which both slows any ball that contacts it and makes it harder to advance a ball that has stopped on it; "doglegs", which are changes in the direction of the fairway that often require shorter shots to play around them; bunkers (or sand traps); and water hazards such as ponds or streams.[13]"playing a ball with a club from the teeing ground into the hole by a stroke or successive strokes in accordance with theIt is one of the few ball games that does not require a standardized playing area. Instead, the game is played on a golf course, generally consisting of an arranged progression of either 9 or 18 "holes." Each hole on the course must contain a "tee box" to start from, and a "putting green" containing the actual hole. There are various other standardized forms of terrain in between, such as the fairway, rough, and hazards, but each hole on a course, and indeed among virtually all courses, is unique in its specific layout and arranGolf competition is generally played for the lowest number of strokes by an individual, known simply as stroke play, or the lowest score on the most individual holes during a complete round by an individual or team, known as match play. Stroke play is the most commonly seen format at virtually all levels of play, although variations of match play, such as "skins" games, are also seen in televised events. Other forms of scoring also exist.gWhile the modern game of golf originated in 15th century Scotland, the game's ancient origins are unclear and much debated. Some historians[3] trace the sport back to the Roman game of paganica, in which participants used a bent stick to hit a stuffed leather ball. One theory asserts that paganica spread throughout Europe as the Romans conquered most of the continent, during the first century BC, and eventually evolved into the modern game.[4] Others cite chuiwan ("chui" means striking and "wan" means small ball) as the progenitor, a Chinese game played between the eighth and 14th centuries.[5] A Ming Dynasty scroll dating back to xxxx entitled "The Autumn Banquet" shows a member of the Chinese Imperial court swinging what appears to be a golf club at a small ball with the aim of sinking it into a hole. The game is thought to have been introduced into Europe during the Middle Ages. Another early game that resembled modern golf was known as cambuca in England and chambot in France.[6] This game was, in turn, exported to the Low Countries, Germany, and England (where it was called pall-mall, pronounced ?pell mell?).[citation needed] Some observers,[who?] however, believe that golf descended from the Persian game, chaugán. In addition, kolven (a game involving a ball and curved bats) was played annually in Loenen, Netherlands, beginning in xxxx, to commemorate the capture of the assassin of Floris V, a year earliThe modern game originated in Scotland, where the first written record of golf is James II's banning of the game in xxxx, as an unwelcome distraction to learning archery.[7] To many golfers, the Old Course at St Andrews, a links course dating to before xxxx, is considered to be a site of pilgrimage.[8] Golf is documented as being played on Musselburgh Links, East Lothian, Scotland as early as 2 March xxxx, which is certified as the oldest golf course in the world by Guinness World Records.[9][10] The oldest surviving rules of golf were compiled in March xxxx for the Company of Gentlemen Golfers, later renamed The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers, which was played at Leith, Scotland.[11] The world's oldest golf tournament in existence, and golf's first major, is The Open Championship, which was first played on 17 October xxxx at Prestwick Golf Club, in Ayrshire, ScotlanThe levels of grass are varied to increase difficulty, or to allow for putting in the case of the green. While many holes are designed with a direct line-of-sight from the teeing area to the green, some holes may bend either to the left or to the right. This is commonly called a "dogleg", in reference to a dog's knee. The hole is called a "dogleg left" if the hole angles leftwards and "dogleg right" if it bends right. Sometimes, a hole's direction may bend twice; this is called a "doubEvery round of golf is based on playing a number of holes in a given order. A "round" typically consists of 18 holes that are played in the order determined by the course layout. On a standard course of 18 holes, each hole is played once in the round; on a nine-hole course, players may play a "short game" playing each hole once, or a "full round" by playing each hole Playing a hole on a golf course is initiated by putting a ball into play by striking it with a club on the teeing ground (also called the tee box, or simply the tee). For this first shot on each hole, it is allowed but not required for the golfer to place the ball on a tee prior to striking it. A tee in this last sense is a small peg which can be used to elevate the ball slightly above the ground up to a few centimetres high, which reduces the interference of the ground or grass on the movement of the club making the ball easier to hit, and also places the ball in the very center of the striking face of the club (the "sweet spot") for better distance. Tees are commonly made of wood but may be constructed of any material, including plastic. Traditionally, golfers used mounds of sand to elevate the ball, and containers of sand were provided for the purpose. A few courses still require sand to be usedIn stroke play competitions played according to strict rules, each player plays his or her ball until it is holed no matter how many strokes that may take, but in match play it is acceptable to simply pick up one's ball and "surrender the hole" after enough strokes have been made by a player that it is mathematically impossible for the player to win the hole. It is also acceptable in informal stroke play to surrender the hole after hitting three strokes more than the "par" rating of the hole (a "triple bogey" - see below); while technically a violation of Rule 3-2, this practice speeds play as a courtesy to others, and avoids "runaway scores", excessive frustration and injuries caused by overexThere are strict regulations regarding the amateur status of golfers.[20] Essentially, anybody who has ever received payment or compensation for giving instruction, or played golf for money, is not considered an amateur and may not participate in competitions limited solely to amateurs. However, amateur golfers may receive expenses which comply with strict guidelines and they may accept non-cash prizes within the limits established by the Rules of AmateurIn addition to the officially printed rules, golfers also abide by a set of guidelines called golf etiquette. Etiquette guidelines cover matters such as safety, fairness, pace of play, and a player's obligation to contribute to the care of the course. Though there are no penalties for breach of etiquette rules, players generally follow the rules of golf etiquette in an effort to improve everyone's playing A lost ball or a ball hit out of bounds result in a penalty of one stroke and distance (Rule 27?1). A one-stroke penalty is assessed if a player's equipment causes the ball to move or the removal of a loose impediment causes the ball to move (Rule 18?2). If a golfer makes a stroke at the wrong ball (Rule 19?2) or hits a fellow golfer's ball with a putt (Rule 19?5), the player incurs a two-stroke penalty. Most rule infractions lead to stroke penalties but also can lead to disqualification. Disqualification could be from cheating, signing for a lower score, or from rule infractions that lead to improper pGolf clubs are used to hit the golf ball. Each club is composed of a shaft with a lance (or "grip") on the top end and a club head on the bottom. Long clubs, which have a lower amount of degreed loft, are those meant to propel the ball a comparatively longer distance, and short clubs a higher degree of loft and a comparatively shorter distance. Typically, the actual physical length of each club is longer or shorter, depending on the distance the club is intended to propelGolf clubs have traditionally been arranged into three basic types. Woods are large-headed, long-shafted clubs meant to propel the ball a long distance from relatively "open" lies, such as the tee box and fairway. Of particular importance is the driver or "1-wood", which is the lowest lofted wood club, and in modern times has become highly specialized for making extremely long-distance tee shots, up to 300 yards or more in the hands of a professional golfer. Traditionally these clubs had heads made of a hardwood, hence the name, but virtually all modern woods are now made of metal such as titanium, or of composite materials. Irons are shorter-shafted clubs with a metal head primarily consisting of a flat, angled striking face. Traditionally the clubhead was forged from iron; modern iron clubheads are investment-cast from a steel alloy. Irons of varying loft are used for a variety of shots from virtually anywhere on the course, but most often for shorter-distance shots approaching the green, or to get the ball out of tricky lies such as sand traps. The third class is the putter, which evolved from the irons to create a low-lofted, balanced club designed to roll the ball along the green and into the hole. Putters are virtually always used on the green or in the surrounding rough/fringe. A fourth class, called hybrids, evolved as a cross between woods and irons, and are typically seen replacing the low-lofted irons with a club that provides similar distance, but a higher launch angle and a more forgiviMany golfers wear golf shoes with metal or plastic spikes designed to increase traction, thus allowing for longer and more accurate shots. A golf bag is used to transport golf clubs and the player's other or personal equipment. Golf bags have several pockets designed for carrying equipment and supplies such as tees, balls, and gloves. Golf bags can be carried, pulled on a trolley or harnessed to a motorized golf cart during play. Golf bags have both a hand strap and shoulder strap for carrying, and sometimes have retractable legs that allow the bag to stand upright when Golfers start with the non-dominant side of the body facing the target. At address the body and club are positioned parallel to the target line. The feet are commonly shoulder-width apart for middle irons and putters, narrower for short irons and wider for long irons and woods. The ball is positioned in the centre of the player's stance for short irons and putters, more to the front for middle irons and even more for long irons and woods. The golfer chooses a golf club, grip, and stroke appropriate tHaving chosen a club and stroke to produce the desired distance, the player addresses the ball by taking their stance to the side of it and (except when the ball lies in a hazard) grounding the club behind the ball. The golfer then takes their backswing, rotating the club, their arms and their upper body away from the ball, and then begins their swing, bringing the clubhead back down and around to hit the ball. A proper golf swing is a complex combination of motions, and slight variations in posture or positioning can make a great deal of difference in how well the ball is hit and how straight it travels. The general goal of a player making a full swing is to propel the clubhead as fast as possible while maintaining a single "plane" of motion of the club and clubhead, to send the clubhead into the ball along the desired path of travel and with the clubhead also pointing that direAccuracy and consistency is typically stressed over pure distance. A player with a straight drive that only travels 220 yards will nevertheless be able to accurately place the ball into a favorable lie on the fairway, and can make up for the lesser distance of any given club by simply using "more club" (a lower loft) on their tee shot or on subsequent fairway and approach shots. However, a golfer with a drive that may go 280 yards but often doesn't fly straight will be less able to position their ball advantageously; the ball may "hook", "pull", "draw", "fade", "push" or "slice" off the intended line and land out of bounds or in the rough or hazards, and thus the player will require many more strokA hole is classified by its par, meaning the number of strokes a skilled golfer should require to complete play of the hole.[13] Par always includes a stroke for the tee shot and two putts, so the minimum par of any hole is 3, but pars of 4 and 5 strokes are common, and a few courses feature par-6 and even par-7 The primary factor for classifying the par of a relatively straight, hazard-free hole is the distance from the tee to the green. A typical par-3 hole is less than 250 yards (225 m) in length, with a par-4 hole ranging between 251 and 475 yards (225?434 m), and a par-5 hole being longer than 475 yards (435 m). The rare par-6s can stretch well over 650 yards (595 m). These distances are based on the typical scratch golfer's drive distance of between 240-280 yards; a green further than the average player's drive will require additional shots from the fairway. However, other considerations must be taken into account; the key question is "how many strokes would a scratch golfer take to make the green by playing along the fairway?". The grade of the land from the tee to the hole might increase or decrease the carry and rolling distance of shots as measured linearly along the ground. Sharp turns or hazards may require golfers to "lay up" on the fairway in order to change direction or hit over the hazard with their next shot. These design considerations will affect how even a scratch golfer would play the hole, irrespective of total distance from tee to green, and must be included in a determination of par.[24] However, a par score never includes "expected" penalty strokes, as a scratch player is never "expected" to hit a ball into a water hazard or other unplayable situation. So, the placement of hazards only affect par when considering how a scratch golfer would avoid themEighteen-hole courses typically total to an overall par score of 72 for a complete round; this would be four par-3, ten par-4, and four par-5 holes, though other combinations exist and are not less worthy than courses of par-72. Many major championships are contested on courses playing to a par of 70, 71, or 72 (typically reducing the number of par-4 holes for par-3s and trading distance for difficulty).[citation needed] Additionally, in some countries, courses are classified according to their play difficulty, which may be used to calculate a golfer's playing handicap for a given course.[25] Two par-72 courses may have different difficulties; the more difficult course will typically have distances in the upper end of each par rating, more hazards, narrower or "shallower" fairways, hillier or more uneven terrain, etc. which all make the course harder to play even when the basic par score determinants are the In match play, two players (or two teams) play each hole as a separate contest against each other. The party with the lower score wins that hole, or if the scores of both players or teams are equal the hole is "halved" (or tied). The game is won by the party that wins more holes than the other. In the case that one team or player has taken a lead that cannot be overcome in the number of holes remaining to be played, the match is deemed to be won by the party in the lead, and the remainder of the holes are not played. For example, if one party already has a lead of six holes, and only five holes remain to be played on the course, the match is over and the winning party is deemed to have won "6 & 5". At any given point, if the lead is equal to the number of holes remaining, the party leading the match is said to be "dormie", and the match is continued until the party increases the lead by one hole or ties any of the remaining holes, thereby winning the match, or until the match ends in a tie with the lead player's opponent winning all remaining holes. When the game is tied after the predetermined number of holes have been played, it may be continued until one side takes a one-hole lead.[13]same..holes. Strokes other than the tee shot and putts are expected to be made from the fairway; for example, a skilled golfer expects to reach the green on a par-4 hole in two strokes?oneIn stroke play, the score achieved for each and every hole of the round or tournament is added to produce the total score, and the player with the lowest score wins. Stroke play is the game most commonly played by professional golfers. If there is a tie after the regulation number of holes in a professional tournament, a playoff takes place between all tied players. Playoffs are either sudden death or employ a pre-determined number of holes, anywhere from three to a full 18. In sudden death, a player who scores lower on a hole than all of his opponents wins the match. If at least two players remain tied after such a playoff using a pre-determined number of holes, then play continues in sudden death format, where the first player to win a hole wins the tournamenA Bogey competition is a scoring format sometimes seen in at informal tournaments. Its scoring is similar to match play, except each player compares their hole score to the hole's par rating instead of the score of another player. The player "wins" the hole if they score a birdie or better, they "lose" the hole if they score a bogey or worse, and they "halve" the hole by scoring par. By recording only this simple win-loss-halve score on the sheet, a player can shrug off a very poorly-played hole with a simple "-" mark and move on. As used in competitions, the player or pair with the best win-loss "differential" wins the competitiA skins game is a variation on match play where each hole has an amount of money (the "skin") attached. This may be prize money at the professional level (the most famous event to use these rules was the "LG Skins Game", played at Indian Wells Golf Resort in California until xxxx), or an amount wagered for each hole among amateur players. The player with the lowest score on the hole wins the skin for that hole; if two or more players tie for the lowest score, the skin carries over to the next hole. This continues until a player wins a hole outright, which may (and often does) result in a player receiving money for a previous hole that they hadn't tied for. If players tie the 18th hole, either all players or only the tying players repeat the 18th hole until an outright winner is decided for that hole (and all undA 9-point game is another variant of match play typically played among threesomes, where each hole is worth a total of 9 points. The player with the lowest score on a hole receives 5 points, the next-lowest score 3 and the next-lowest score 1. Ties are generally resolved by summing the points contested and dividing them among the tying players; a two-way tie for first is worth 4 points to both players, a two-way tie for second is worth 2 points to both players, and a three-way tie is worth 3 points to each player. The player with the highest score after 18 holes (in which there are 162 points to be awarded) wins the game. This format can be used to wager on the game systematically; players each contribute the same amount of money to the pot, and a dollar value is assigned to each point scored (or each point after 18) based on the amount of money in the pot, with any overage going to the overall winner.[26][27]ecided skins).on.t. from the tee (the "drive") and another, second, stroke to the green (the "approach")?and then rollThe Stableford system is a simplification of stroke play which awards players points based on their score relative to the hole's par; the score for a hole is calculated by taking the par score, adding 2, then subtracting the player's hole score, making the result zero if negative. Alternately stated, a double bogey or worse is zero points, a bogey is worth one point, par is two, a birdie three, an eagle four, and so on. The advantages of this system over stroke play are a more natural "higher is better" scoring, the ability to compare Stableford scores between plays on courses with different total par scores (scoring an "even" in stroke play will always give a Stableford score of 36), discouraging the tendency to abandon the entire game after playing a particularly bad hole (a novice playing by strict rules may score as high as an 8 or 10 on a single difficult hole; their Stableford score for the hole would be zero, which only puts them two points behind par no matter how badly they played), and the ability to simply pick up one's ball once it is impossible to score any points for the hole, which speeds pThe USGA and R&A sanction a "Modified Stableford" system for scratch players, which makes par worth zero, a birdie worth 2, eagle 5 and double-eagle 8, while a bogey is a penalty of -1 and a double-bogey or worse -3. As with the original system, the highest score wins the game, and terrible scores on one or two holes won't wreck an entire game, but this system rewards "bogey-birdie" play more than the original, encouraging golfers to try to make the riskier birdie putt or eagle chipshot instead of simply parring each established for the duration of the round. The first player hits a ball from the tee, then waits for each successive player to hit (2nd, 3rd and 4th). After each player hits the 1st player has the option of choosing a partner for the hole (the 1st player is the Wolf for that hole) usually by calling Wolf before the next player hits. Once a partner is picked, each two-some (the Wolf and his or her partner vs the remaining two players) scores their total strokes and the winning two-some is awarded 1-point each for winning a hole and zero points for tying. The next hole, the rotation moves forward (e.g. the 2nd player is now hitting 1st and the Wolf and the previous Wolf hits last). A Wolf can decide to go alone tCalculating a handicap is often complicated. By USGA rules, it first requires calculating a "Handicap Differential" for each round of play the player has completed by strict rules. That in itself is a function of the player's "gross adjusted score" (adjustments can be made to mitigate various deviations either from strict rules or from a player's normal capabilities, for handicap purposes only) and two course-specific difficulty ratings: the Course Rating, a calculated expected score for a hypothetical "scratch golfer": and the Slope Rating, a number based on how much worse a hypothetical 20-handicap "bogey golfer" would score compared to the "scratch golfer". The average Slope Rating of all USGA-rated courses as of xxxx is 113, which also factors into the Differential computatiThe most recent Differentials are logged, up to 20 of them, and then the best of these (the number used depends on the number available) are selected, averaged, multiplied by .96 (an "excellence factor" that encourages high handicappers to play better and thus lower their handicap), and truncated to the tenths place to produce the "Handicap Index". Additional calculations can be used to place higher significance on a player's recent tournament scores. A player's Handicap Index is then multiplied by the Slope Rating of the course to be played, divided by the average Slope Rating of 113, then rounded to the nearest integer to produce the player's Course Handicap.on.o win extra points, but they must beat all other players in stroke play on that hole. If alone, the Wolf is awarded 2-points for going alone after everyone has hit or 4 points for declaring Lone Wolf before anyone else hits. If the Lone Wolf looses, to even one player, the 3 other players get 1-point each. The winner is the player with the most points at the end of the round. Strategically, care must be taken not to let a low-handicap player run away with all the points by being constantly paired with the Wolf.Shotgun starts are mainly used for amateur tournament play. In this variant, each of the groups playing starts their game on a different hole, allowing for all players to start and end their round at roughly the same time. All 18 holes are still played, but a player or foursome may, for instance, start on hole 5, play through to the 18th hole, then continue with hole 1 and end on hole 4. This speeds the completion of the entire event as players are not kept waiting for progressive tee times at the first hole. This form of play, as a minor variation to stroke or match play, is neither defined nor disallowed by strict rules and so is used according to local rulA handicap is a numerical measure of an amateur golfer's ability to play golf over the course of 18 holes. A player's handicap generally represents the number of strokes above par that the player will make over the course of an above-average round of golf. The lower the handicap, the better the player. Someone with a handicap of 0 or less is often called a scratch golfer, and would typically score or beat the course par on a round of play (depending on course difficulty).es for an event. [33],[34]hole.[13]lay. the ball into the hole in two putts for par. Putting the ball on the green with two strokes remaining for putts is called making "green in regulation" or GIR.[23]es to hole out.ction.o theOnce calculated, the Course Handicap is applied in stroke play by simply reducing the player's gross score by the handicap, to produce a net score. So, a gross score of 96 with a handicap of 22 would produce a net score of 74. In match play, the lower handicap is subtracted from the higher handicap, and the resulting handicap strokes are awarded to the higher handicapper by distributing them among the holes according to each hole's difficulty; holes are ranked on the scorecard from 1 to 18 (or however many holes are available), and one stroke is applied to each hole from the most difficult to the least difficult. So, if one player has a 9 handicap and another has a 25 handicap, the 25-handicap player receives one handicap stroke on each of the most difficult 16 holes (25-9). If the 25-handicapper were playing against a "scratch golfer" (zero handicap), all 25 strokes would be distributed, first by applying one stroke to each hole, then applying the remaining strokes, one each, to the most difficult 7 holes; so, the handicap player would subtract 2 strokes from each of the most difficult 7 holes, and 1 each from the remainHandicap systems have potential for abuse by players who may intentionally play badly to increase their handicap ("throwing their 'cap") before playing to their potential at an important event with a valuable prize. For this reason, professional golf associations do not use them, but they can be calculated and used along with other criteria to determine the relative strengths of various professional players. Touring professionals, being the best of the best, often have negative handicaps; they can be expected, on average, to score lower than the Course Rating on any courseIn xxxx, Golf Digest calculated that the countries with most golf courses per capita, starting with the best endowed were: Scotland, New Zealand, Australia, Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, Canada, Wales, United States, Sweden, and England (countries with fewer than 500,000 people were excluded). Apart from Sweden, all of these countries have English as the majority language, but the number of courses in new territories is increasing rapidThe mosThe majority of professional golfers work as club or teaching professionals ("pros"), and only compete in local competitions. A small elite of professional golfers are "tournament pros" who compete full-time on international "tours". Many club and teaching professionals working in the golf industry start as caddies or with a general interest in the game, finding employment at golf courses and eventually moving on to certifications in their chosen profession. These programs include independent institutions and universities, and those that eventually lead to a Class A golf professional certification. Touring professionals typically start as amateur players, who attain their "pro" status after success in major tournaments that win them either prize money and/or notice from corpGolf instruction involves the teaching and learning of the game of golf. Proficiency in teaching golf instruction requires not only technical and physical ability, but also knowledge of the rules and etiquette of the game. In some countries, golf instruction isThere are at least twenty professional golf tours, each run by a PGA or an independent tour organization, which is responsible for arranging events, finding sponsors, and regulating the tour. Typically a tour has "members" who are entitled to compete in most of its events, and also invites non-members to compete in some of them. Gaining membership of an elite tour is highly competitive, and most professional golfers never achievPerhaps the most widely known tour is the PGA Tour, which tends to attract the strongest fields, outside the four Majors and the four World Golf Championships events. This is due mostly to the fact that most PGA Tour events have a first prize of at least 800,000 USD. The European Tour, which attracts a substantial number of top golfers from outside North America, ranks second to the PGA Tour in worldwide prestige. Some top professionals from outside North America play enough tournaments to maintain membership on both the PGA Tour and European Tour. The last two golf seasons (xxxx and xxxx) saw both tours' money titles claimed by the same individual, respectively Luke Donald and Rory McIlroy.e it. best performed by teachers certified by the Professional Golfers Association. Some top instructors who work with professional golfers have become quite well known in their own right. Instructors use a combination of physical conditioning, mental visualization, classroom sessions, club fitting, driving range instruction, on-course play under real conditions, and review of videotaped swings in slow motion to teach golf.orate sponsors. Jack Nicklaus, for example, gained widespread notice by finishing second in the xxxx U.S. Open to champion Arnold Palmer, with a 72-hole score of 282 (the best score to date in that tournament by an amateur). He played one more amateur year in xxxx, winning that year's U.S. Amateur Championship, before turning pro in xxxx.t notable example of this phenomenon is the expansion of The other leading men's tours include the Japan Golf Tour, the Asian Tour (Asia outside Japan), the PGA Tour of Australasia, and the Sunshine Tour (for southern Africa, primarily South Africa). The Japan, Australasian, Sunshine, PGA, and European Tours are the charter members of the trade body of the world's main tours, the International Federation of PGA Tours, founded in xxxx. The Asian Tour became a full member in xxxx. The Canadian Tour became an associate member of the Federation in xxxx, and the Tour de las Américas (Latin America) became an associate member of the Federation in xxxx. The Federation underwent a major expansion in xxxx which saw eleven new tours become full members ? the Canadian Tour, Tour de las Américas, China Golf Association, the Korea Professional Golfers' Association, Professional Golf Tour of India, and the operators of all six major women's tours worldwide. The OneAsia Tour, founded in xxxx, is not a member of the Federation, but was founded as a joint venture of the Australasia, China, Japan, and Korean tours. In xxxx, the Tour de las Américas was effectively taken over by the PGA Tour, and in xxxx was folded into the new PGA Tour Latinoamérica. Also in xxxx, the Canadian Tour was renamed PGA Tour Canada after it agreed to be taken over by the PGA Tour. All of the men's tours that are Federation members, except the China and India tours, offer points in the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) to players who place sufficiently high in their events. The OneAsia Tour also offers ranking points.golf in China. The first golf course in China opened in xxxx, but by the end of xxxx there were roughly 600 in the country. For the last several years, development of new golf courses in China has been officially banned (with the exception of the island province of Hainan), but the number of courses had nonetheless tripled from xxxx to xxxx; the "ban" has been easily evaded with the government's tacit approval simply by not mentioning golf in any development plans.[35]ly..ing 11. distance:at rest.ng nature. the ball.lay.[21]experience. Status.ertion. instead of peg tees, to reduce litter and reduce damage to the teeing ground.twice.le dogleg".d.[12]er.ement. Rules."
• Location: Chicago, MLB Baseball xxxx Season Tickets
• Post ID: xxxxxxxx chicago
• Other ads by this user:
&#xxxx;?&#xxxx; Buddy Guy & NuBlu Band Tickets in Chicago, IL  buy, sell, trade: tickets for sale
&#xxxx;?&#xxxx; Kings Of Leon & Gary Clark Jr. Tickets in Chicago, IL  buy, sell, trade: tickets for sale
Chicago Cubs Tickets (MLB Baseball xxxx Season Tickets) buy, sell, trade: tickets for sale
Chicago Bulls Basketball Tickets Home & Away Games xxxx-14 Season Discount Tixs Available  (Awesome Basketball Tickets-All NBA Games) buy, sell, trade: tickets for sale
Chicago Blackhawks NHL Game Tickets xxxx xxxx Season Schedule Hockey Discount Tickets  (Discount National Hockey League xxxx-14) buy, sell, trade: tickets for sale
//
//]]>
Email this ad