The golf courses include all the training parts of the golf that are given to the amateur golf player. In the golf courses, all types of trainings and other professional skills are given to the beginner players of the golf. There are many obstacles on the golf course. Mainly, there are two hazards on the course, which have tough tests for the golfers. First being the sand pit, known as the “bunker”, and the second being the water hazard, which can be a pond or a lake. Special rules and regulations are applied when a shot is played. The golf ball comes to rest in a hazard. For example, while playing a shot from the hazard, the player is not allowed to touch the ground with his club, before the shot is played, not even for a practice swing. While the ball is in the hazard, and when it comes to rest, then there are no penalties. If it is not played while in the hazard due to any reason, then the shot can be taken from another location outside of the hazard.

However, the golf is played in an area of the land, designated of a golf course. The golf courses consist of a series of the holes, fairways, roughs and other hazards. The golf courses have usually 18 holes, but some has only nine holes. There is complete information about the golf courses and their details are also given on the internet, to facilitate all the amateur players of any country of the world. The English golf courses are also so much beneficial not only for the players of the England, but also for the foreign countries. These courses include Open Championship venues, like Royal St. George, recent Open venue Royal Liverpool and much-loved Ryder cup venue the Belfry.