Talk:Golf

Edit request

Could the following information added after this sentence “This is one of the four major championships in men's professional golf, the other three being played in the United States: The Masters, the U.S. Open, and the PGA Championship”:

“In 2022, LIV Golf was established, with players from multiple tours such as the PGA Tour, and DP World Tour joining the Invitational Series.”

Source:

https://www.golfdigest.com/story/liv-golf-announce-schedule-2022

LsG0202 (talk) 14:50, 31 August 2022 (UTC)

 Not done: This is not an uncontroversial addition as the major professional tours are not currently mentioned in the lead section and it would be WP:UNDUE to mention this recent development. Possibly could be included in some form in the section on the professional tours. _wjemather^{please leave a message...} 15:11, 31 August 2022 (UTC)

Hi @Wjemather,

Thank you for your feedback, your comment makes sense!

Based on your feedback, could the following information be added after this sentence in the “Golf tours” section: 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 (based in southern Africa, primarily South Africa).

“In 2022, LIV Golf was established, with players from multiple tours such as the PGA Tour, and DP World Tour joining the Invitational Series.”

Source:

https://www.golfdigest.com/story/liv-golf-announce-schedule-2022

Thank you!

LsG0202 (talk) 19:19, 13 February 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 24 October 2022

Becomegolfer (talk) 06:08, 24 October 2022 (UTC)

There are some broken links in this article, due to which the reader's reading experience is getting worse, I would like permission to remove those broken links

@Becomegolfer: You will need to explicitly detail what links are broken. If you are talking about citations, they will need to be fixed or replaced rather than removed. _wjemather^{please leave a message...} 10:21, 24 October 2022 (UTC)

 Not done: this is not the right page to request additional user rights. You may reopen this request with the specific changes to be made and someone may add them for you, or if you have an account, you can wait until you are autoconfirmed and edit the page yourself. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 21:42, 24 October 2022 (UTC)

Wiki Education assignment: STS 1010

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 11 January 2023 and 5 May 2023. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Ktburke (article contribs). Peer reviewers: Oschou, Sterlim.

— Assignment last updated by Jessicacariello (talk) 14:59, 14 February 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 10 February 2023

Please Replace This Sentence: " Many golfers wear golf shoes with metal or plastic spikes designed to increase traction, thus allowing for longer and more accurate shots. "

With This Paragraph: " Many golfers wear shoes with either plastic spikes or many miniature rubber spikes designed to increase traction, allowing for a better grip on the ground during the swing. Some professional golfers still wear metal spikes, but this type of traction is prohibited on most golf courses in the United States and been out of use for amateurs for many years. " CITE: <https://tellmemoregolf.com/apparel/pro-golfers-wear-metal-spikes/>

Reasoning: Very few professional golfers wear metal spikes out on the course anymore, and no amateur golfers wear metal spikes in the modern era of golf due to golf course rules and the damage they cause to greens and clubhouse floors. What I've done is expand on the types of spikes used by golfers in the modern era, and clarify the over-estimated use of metal spikes, as they are #1 nearly impossible to purchase nowadays, and #2 outlawed in almost all golf courses. Reasoning for citation: Tell Me More Golf is edited by professional golf instructors. <https://tellmemoregolf.com/apparel/pro-golfers-wear-metal-spikes/> LungBreathe (talk) 21:53, 10 February 2023 (UTC)

The cited source looks like a blog rather than a reliable source. Larry Hockett (Talk) 22:15, 10 February 2023 (UTC)

True, but the site is edited by professional golf instructors, all the pages I see have an introduction talking about how there's a "golf instructor team" writing the articles? LungBreathe (talk) 23:55, 10 February 2023 (UTC)

Also the author bio for this particular article links out to a professional golf instructor's linkedin profile with the same name. LungBreathe (talk) 23:58, 10 February 2023 (UTC)

Replace link to Strict rules

• What I think should be changed:

  −

  [[strict rules]]

  +

  [[Rules of golf|strict rules]]

• Why it should be changed: Strict rules is an unnecessary redirect to Rules of golf that clearly was only meant to be linked to from Golf. I have suggested it be deleted on Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion because I am unregistered and cannot directly nominate it, but I think this link should be changed to a direct link to Rules of golf so that Strict rules can be deleted without breaking the link.
• References supporting the possible change (format using the "cite" button): No references required

209.237.105.194 (talk) 15:33, 22 March 2023 (UTC)

References

I've removed reference to "strict rules" in this section. It was pointless being there because the reader is not told what "strict rules" means, and no source to support what it says is provided. And the rules of the game are explained in another section. It's also worth noting that the linked article, Rules of golf, neither mentions or explains what "strict rules" is either. So the wikilink was doubly pointless. --Escape Orbit ^(Talk) 15:50, 22 March 2023 (UTC)

The reason I suggested this was because since the name "Strict rules" is ambiguous and redirects to rules of gold, it is pretty obvious that this redirect is unnecessary. I just wanted it replaced with a direct link. 209.237.105.194 (talk) 20:09, 23 March 2023 (UTC)

Popularity

The number of total golfers globally has increased from 61 million to 66.6 million in a five-year growth period, surpassing the previous high mark of 61.6 million set in 2012. ‘The R&A and Sports Marketing Surveys 14/12/2021’ 2001:8003:9450:4300:28AB:4E27:B411:EAD1 (talk) 10:26, 7 September 2023 (UTC)

"cannot" use a standardized playing area

I understand golf "does not" use a standardized area, by why "cannot"? Seems unnecessary if not incorrect, nothing about the game inherently requires the area to change. 70.162.40.51 (talk) 19:37, 30 August 2024 (UTC)

Article is one-sided, keeping mum over the non-sport, wealth / status display aspect of golf.

Strangely, current article lacks the word "expensive" even though golfing equipment, club membership and golf course construction / maintenance are all well-known to be very pricey. Thus golf, just like tennis, are more of social status symbols for the wealthy and influential people, rather than a sport of athletism in the olympic sense of the ancient greeks. Even as sports they are quite pathetic, compared to e.g. road cycling where races go on for up to 3 weeks under rain and heatwave and even the snow of mountain passes. Yet, the article fails to elaborate on the luxury / rich bragging aspect of golf. 94.21.229.156 (talk) 15:01, 2 November 2024 (UTC)

Provide reliable, non-opinionated sources and you can add the information yourself. Seasider53 (talk) 17:15, 2 November 2024 (UTC)