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Urban golf

Golf variant

Urban golf
Summary

Golf variant

An urban golfer in [[San Francisco]], c. 2005.

Urban golf, also known as crossgolf or street golf, is a game based on the original game of golf in which individual players or teams hit a ball into a hole or at a specified target using various clubs.

Urban golf is played without a traditional golf course, instead using street furniture as obstacles and targets. Instead of a standard golf ball, players may use leather balls, plastic golf balls, or tennis balls. rooftops, and river banks.

Urban golf started being widely played in 1992, when German golfer Torsten Schilling started the Natural Born Golfers group in Hamburg. It is particularly popular in Europe, where the European Urban Golf Cup has taken place annually since 2013. as well as San Francisco and some portions of Asia.

One of the most recognizable practitioners of urban golf is Tiger Hood, a New York City street golfer known for hitting makeshift golf balls made from milk cartons on the streets of Manhattan.

References

References

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  3. Powell, Drew. (September 7, 2024). "Street Flighters".
  4. Alex R. Straus. (2006). "Guerilla Golf". Rodale.
  5. (April 29, 2004). "What is urban golf?".
  6. Grez, Matias. (October 19, 2015). "Pitching into plant pots: Welcome to the world of urban golf".
  7. Mieczkowski, Colin. (August 23, 2017). "The European Urban Golf Cup, a unique major championship".
  8. Helmsworth, Jamie. (July 11, 2017). "Portland Urban Golf Makes the Entire Changing City Its Ever-Evolving Personal Golf Course".
  9. Evans, Farrell. "Playing golf with 'Tiger Hood'".
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