Golf

Recommended Prerequisite:  None

Grades Offered:  9-12

Credit:  ½

SDE Course Code:  3399

MNPS Course Code:  PER3631

 

Course Description

 

This course is designed to introduce students to the terminology, rules, etiquette, and basic golf skills.

 

Course of Study

 

The course will offer students instruction and practice in the basic golf skills, the rules, and the selection and care of equipment.  The unit could culminate with a field trip to the driving range.

 

·   Golf

o       History

o       Rules

o       Etiquette

o       Equipment

§         Golf clubs

§         Golf balls

§         Golf course

§         Nets (if inside facility)

§         Putting green (if inside facility)

o       Terminology

§         Ace

§         Address

§         Approach shot

§         Birdie

§         Bogey

§         Bunker

§         Clubs

§         Divot

§         Driver

§         Eagle

§         Fairway

§         Flagstick

§         Fore

§         Green

§         Hazard

§         Hole

§         Iron

§         Par

§         Rough

§         Slice

§         Stance

§         Stroke

§         Tee

§         Trap  

§         Wood

o       Scoring

o       Skills

§         Three types of grips

§         Stance

§         Swing using irons and woods

§         Backswing

§         Downswing

§         The short game (chip and pitch shots)

§         Putting

o       Game strategy

o       Drills

o       Game play

o       Tournament play  

 

Standards  

Tennessee State Department of Education Standards

http://www.state.tn.us/education/ci/cipewellhiv/cipe9-12.html

 

Tennessee Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance

www.tahperd.us

 

American Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance

www.aahperd.org

 

Recommended and/or required sources:

.          American Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance    (www.aahperd.org)

.          American College of Sports Medicine  (www.acsm.org/)

.          CyberGolf (www.cybergolf.com)

.          Fronske, H. (2005).  Teaching cues for sport skills. (3^rd ed.). San Francisco, CA:  Pearson Benjamin Cummings.

.          Golf online (www.golfonline.com)

.          National Association for Sport and Physical Education  (www.aahperd.org/naspe-main.html)

.          Owens, Dede & Bunker, L. (1989).  Teaching golf:  Steps to success.

Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.

.          PE Central (www.pecentral.com)

.          PE Links 4 U (http://www.pelinks4u.org/links/unitplans.htm)

.          Tennessee Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance    (www.tahperd.us)

.          The Teacher’s Corner (www.theteacherscorner.net)

.          Wuest, D. and Lombardo, B. (1994).  Curriculum and instruction:  The

secondary school physical education experience.  St. Louis, OH:  Mosby-Year Book, Inc.