District 11 Educational Support Services
Health & Physical Education


 Grade 9 -12, Golf

Course Number: PE.GOLF


Overview                                                                              

Originally called the gentlemen’s game, golf has boomed to become a favorite pastime of females as well as males, young and old alike.  Golf is a game that requires the development of specific skills which will enable you to properly swing a golf club hence performing an accurate shot.  This sounds easy doesn’t it?  Take this golf class and see if it is!  You will learn the basic skills, rules, terminology, etiquette, safety procedures, club selection, form analysis and correctional techniques.  You will learn that fore isn’t a number that comes after three and before five.

Prerequisite: None
Course Length: 2   Period Length: 0   Grade Level:  9-12  Credit per Semester: 1
Additional Credit Information: Credit per Semester: 1.0 (Physical Education or Elective)

For Teachers
No Prerequisite
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Standards

Enduring Understandings - important ideas that students should carry with them years beyond the instruction received this year.
  • A complete fitness program promotes participation in grade level skills and activities that build health and wellness including cardiovascular, flexibility, body composition, muscular strength and endurance, and lifetime activity.

  • Good sportsmanship includes following rules of play and being responsible for yourself and the safety of others.

  • We can increase our health and wellness by participating in the physical activities we lead or participate in by ourselves and with others.

  • Rules help keep games and activities safe and fair.

Essential Questions - most important “big picture” questions students should be able to answer after completing learning activities.

  • Why do we have to follow the rules of etiquette for certain sports?

  • How can people protect themselves from sore muscles or over use injuries from exercising? 

  • Why do we have to be responsible for our own behavior?

  • What is the purpose for rules of play in sports?

  • How do class rules and team rules help make individual sports more enjoyable?

  • Why is cooperation important in games and in life?

  • How does cooperation in games impact the final outcome?

  • What does good sportsmanship look like?

Standards

Standard 1: Demonstrates skills in a variety of activities
Benchmark: Movement patterns
District Indicator: Repeatedly performs skills in isolation and combination

Standard 2: Exhibits components of physical fitness
District Indicator: Demonstrates flexibility
District Indicator: Demonstrates muscular strength and endurance

 

Essential Skills/Indicators:

  • Is able to grip any golf club correctly

  • Can swing while transferring weight

  • Can take proper stance tot the ball

  • Can consistently contact the ball

  • Understands the differences among drives, pitches, putts, and chips

  • Can use approach shots

  • Can putt

  • Can play a short game

  • Is able to follow golf etiquette and common courtesy

  • Has learned and follows the rules on the tees and the greens and for scoring

  • Understands common golf terminology, value, and history

  • Has identified local areas that provide a golf experience

  • Assumes responsibility for equipment and appreciates care of equipment

Lessons