Physical Education Unit - Golf Sem1
 

Golf Sem1

PHED 1240

2024-2025 Sem1

Class Code Course Title Lecture Time Language Teaching Staff Phone No. Email Address
PHED 1240XA Golf Mo 02:30PM - 04:15PM C Miss. HUANG Minyi 3943 7696 yihuang@cuhk.edu.hk

 

Venue

Sir Philip Haddon-Cave Sports Field Lawn

Course Description

This course is offered as one of the courses under the Elective Physical Education Programme.This course aims at developing students’ fundamental skills of golf needed for lifelong participation in the sport. Contents include: The history, origins, and rules of golf, swing motion of irons and short game with priority order, course strategy and dynamic warm-up, nurturing positive attitudes andvalues toward sports participation, etc.

Course Syllabus

  1. Introduction to three ways of Gripping, posture of Short and Long game, Address

  1. Introduction to Irons

  1. Introduction to Golf Etiquette

  1. Introduction to the Rules and Course Regulations (18 holes with a total par of 72: including 4 par 5 holes, 4 par 3 holes and 10 par 4 holes)

  1. Difference between Driving Range and Competition Course

  1. Introduction to Competition Strategies

  1. Introduction to 14 clubs in the golf-bag (woods, irons, and wedge)

  1. Introduction to Characteristics of golf and Benefits of its challenges

  1. Competitive mode: Stroke play rules

  1. Competitive mode: Match play rules

Assessment

Physical Skill Tests 60% (Login to access the course note, exam standard and video demonstration)

Written Examination 20%

Attendence and Participation 20%

Learning Resources

  1. Barrentine S., Fleisig G., Johnson H. (2000). Ground Reaction Forces and Torque of Professional and Amateur Golfers. Taylor & Francis Group.
  2. Blackburn, K. (1999). Exercises for elite golf performance. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.
  3. 完美揮桿研究. (2005). Search for the Perfect Swing: The Proven Scientific Approach to Fundamentally Improving Your Game. By Alastair J. Cochran and John Stobbs
  4. Saunders, V. (2006). The golf handbook (3rd ed.). New York: Three Rivers Press.
  5. Harvey Penick's Little Red Book高爾夫紅寶書. (2014). Harvey Penick & Bud Sharke. ISBN: 978-7511256256.
  6. Golf Shots: How to Easily Hit a Wide Variety of Shots like Stingers, Flop Shots, Wet Sand Shots, and Many More for Better Scoring. (2017). Team Golf Well and Bruce Miller, B.A., J.D. ISBN-13: 978-1548406783
  7. Rogers, M., Hogan, Ben. (2003). Ben Hogan’s Five Lessons: The Modern Fundamentals of Golf (Vol. 128, Issue 2, p.124). Library Journals, LLC.
  8. Team Golf Well and Bruce Miller, B.A., J.D. (2017). Golf Shots: How to Easily Hit a Wide Variety of Shots like Stingers, Flop Shots, Wet Sand Shots, and Many More for Better Scoring. Pacific Trust Holdings NZ Ltd.
  9. The Four Foundations of Golf: How to Build a Game That Lasts a Lifetime. (2022). Jon Sherman. ISBN-13: 979-898644420.
  10. 香港職業高爾夫球協會http://hkpga.com.hk
  11. 香港高爾夫球總會https://www.hkga.com
  12. 美國職業高爾夫球協會https://www.pga.org

  13. 美國高爾夫球協會-球場規則https://www.usga.org/rules-hub.html