Here are some interesting facts about the game of golf facts.

• There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.

• The longest put in history was measured at 140 feet and 2 3/4 inches on the 18th hole at St. Andrews golf course it was shot by Bob Cook on October 1, 1976.
• There are 11 000 golf courses in North America.
• There are over 50 million golfers in the world.
• American's spend more than 600 million dollars on golf balls every year.
• The Longest Hole in the World is the 7th hole of the Sano Course, at the Satsuki Golf Club, in Japan. Its a huge  909 yards from the tee box to the hole. It is a par 7.
• The chances of making two holes-in-one in a round of golf are one in 67 million.
• Golf was actually invented in Japan.
• In Japan they use plastic golf balls.
• The putter is the most-used club in golf. 
• Putters generally come in three styles of club head, and three varieties of lengths. Club heads can be a traditional blade, a heel-toe club head, or a mallet club head.
• Initially golf balls were made out of wood. After that they were made out of leather which was stuffed with feathers. Very different from ours today hey.
• Of all the golfers in Canada, 71% golfers are male, 29% are female.
• There are more recreational golfers per capita in Canada than any other country in the world.
• There are three golf balls on the moon.
• Tiger Woods was introduced to golf at nine months of age by his father.
• The world's first ever golf tournament for women was held on New Year's Day 1811 at Musselburgh.
• The most holes-in-one in a career is 68 by Harry Lee Bonner from 1967 to 1985.