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| 1. Description - |
| Competitive intercollegiate golf working toward skill development, athletic scholarship and career opportunities.
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| Prerequisite: None
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| Co-requisite: None
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| Advisory: Not open to students with credit in H P 40G.
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| 2. Course Objectives - |
| The student will be able to:
- demonstrate the ability to recognize and correct swing faults.
- demonstrate with competence the golf skills necessary to play competitive golf.
- demonstrate self confidence when playing in competitive environments.
- apply the rules of golf in competitive situations.
- demonstrate an improvement in scoring.
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| 3. Special Facilities and/or Equipment - |
| - set of golf clubs and practice balls
- practice facilities (driving range; putting and pitching green)
- golf courses (will be arranged)
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| 4. Course Content (Body of knowledge) - |
| - Swing Analysis
- Pre-shot routine
- Posture, grip, setup, alignment
- Swing mechanics, swing plane
- Swing tempo
- Golf Skills
- Tee shots, fairway irons and woods, pitching, chipping, putting, bunker shots
- Uphill, downhill, sidehill lies; fade, draw and knockdown techniques
- Recovery shots from rough, hard pan, tight lies
- Scoring
- Rules for stroke play
- Procedures for keeping opponents score
- Strategy
- Preparation for competition, warm-up
- Course knowledge
- Course management, stroke savers
- Evaluating your competition
- Understanding individual scores in relation to team competition
- Stress and Pressure
- How to stay relaxed and focused
- How to put pressure on opponent
- Rules
- Video on the rules of golf
- How and when to use the rule book
- Practice sessions
- How to practice
- What to practice
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| 5. Repeatability - Moved to header area. |
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| 6. Methods of Evaluation - |
| - Physical skills and techniques will be assessed by direct instructor observation
- individual and team verbal critiques
- individual improvement, performance, and contribution to total team effort
- Objective assessment of performance
- individual statistical record
- participation and attendance in athletic competition
- final evaluation
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| 7. Representative Text(s) - |
| There are a number of texts and video's available that would be recommended on an
individual basis.
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| 8. Disciplines - |
| Physical Education
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| 9. Method of Instruction - |
| Lecture, Discussion, Cooperative learning exercises, Laboratory, Demonstration,
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| 10. Lab Content - |
| This is a P.E. activity course. All lab content is covered in course content.
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| 11. Honors Description - No longer used. Integrated into main description section. |
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| 12. Types and/or Examples of Required Reading, Writing and Outside of Class Assignments - No content |
| 13. Need/Justification - |
| This course meets the Foothill GE Requirements for Area VII, Lifelong Learning.
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