ICFES Saber 11 mock exam on Vocabulario en contexto y colocaciones and Comprensión de lectura

Golf

Golf is an outdoor sport played with a club and a ball on a field called a course. Players hit the ball with the club, usually very hard, across the course until it goes into a hole. When the player hits the ball, it is called a stroke.

Historians believe that early forms of golf were played in the Netherlands and then in Scotland, where the oldest golf organization was created. The first golf courses were fields of grass; sheep ate the grass to keep it short. In the United States, the first course was on a farm in Illinois, and it's still there today. British players like John Taylor were considered the best in the 1800s, but in the 1920s Americans became well-known. In the 1960s, amazing players like Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus began to appear.

While playing, golfers choose between different clubs depending on how far they want to hit the ball. The balls are small, hard, white, and made of a strong material. They were originally wooden, but then they were made of leather in the 1600s. The modern balls made since the 1900s have very advanced technology in their design, which has improved the game a lot.

There are different popular ways of playing, like match play or stroke play. However, in all cases, the golf player with the lowest number of strokes for all the holes wins.

Golf

Golf is an outdoor sport played with a club and a ball on a field called a course. Players hit the ball with the club, usually very hard, across the course until it goes into a hole. When the player hits the ball, it is called a stroke.

Historians believe that early forms of golf were played in the Netherlands and then in Scotland, where the oldest golf organization was created. The first golf courses were fields of grass; sheep ate the grass to keep it short. In the United States, the first course was on a farm in Illinois, and it's still there today. British players like John Taylor were considered the best in the 1800s, but in the 1920s Americans became well-known. In the 1960s, amazing players like Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus began to appear.

While playing, golfers choose between different clubs depending on how far they want to hit the ball. The balls are small, hard, white, and made of a strong material. They were originally wooden, but then they were made of leather in the 1600s. The modern balls made since the 1900s have very advanced technology in their design, which has improved the game a lot.

There are different popular ways of playing, like match play or stroke play. However, in all cases, the golf player with the lowest number of strokes for all the holes wins.