Wednesday, May 02, 2007

Rugby , Golf

is an old game. It started in the 18th century at Rugby School, the fa¬mous English Public School. Rugby is played with an oval ball, and hands and feet can be used. Rugby is certainly a much rougher game than soccer. Nowadays rugby is more than just a different way of playing football.


Golf has always been a popular sport in Scotland. The earliest reference to golf is a Scottish law forbidding it in 1457; until the nineteenth century, it was almost exclusively a Scottish game. It is often called the "Royal and Ancient game" and the R and A rules have long been accepted internationally. , which comes from Scotland, is a very popular game with the people of all ages. Britain has many beautiful golf-courses. Golf is played by two, three or more persons. The player tries to hit the ball with a club into each hole in as few strokes as possible. The winner is the player who can go round the golf - course in the lowest number of strokes.