The History of Golf and the Masters Tournament

Introduction

Golf dates back all the way to the 15th century starting in Scotland. Since then there has been many golfers, courses and history made. With this Webquest it will be your job to put these pieces of golfing history back together to learn about this fantastic sport so many people play today. Not only do you get to see the history of the sport, but you get to see just how much it has changed and all the new technology that was brought to the game.

Task

You and a partner will do your history on what and how the Masters Golf Tournament in Augusta, GA became so big and so important. Remember every golfer works all year for this Tournament and the greatest honors are given to the winner. In order to figure out more about the Masters you are to go to http://www.augusta.com/masters/history and research the following: topics: 

  1. How the Masters Began 
  2. Who Bobby Jones is
  3.  Why winning a Major is a big accomplishment
  4. How the Green jacket came along 
  5. Who the first winner and most recent winner was.

Once you have completed this task you and that same partner will design hole for Augusta. you may need to look up what goes in to designing a hole for a course and the different bunkers, traps and ground textures that may be involved.

Process

To start this web- quest you will need to load the following website on your smart phones:

http://www.augusta.com/masters/history

Next, you will pair up with someone you like to work with.

  1. Once you have found your partner, both of you will going to the second link listed above, about the Masters
  2. Explore the webpage, and look over it (hint: not all the answers will be right in front of you)
  3. Once you have explored the wed page start answering the purposed questions:
  • How the Masters Began 
  • Who Bobby Jones is
  •  Why winning a Major is a big accomplishment
  • How the Green jacket came along 
  • Who the first winner and most recent winner was

Lastly the fun part of the lesson! Creating your own hole at the Augusta course for the Masters. You and a partner can draw or create this hole on a computer program if you would like. Be sure to look up over head views of courses and see how they are laid out to make this as accurate as possible.

Evaluation

The following rubric is how you will be graded for this assignment. Please review the rubric and make sure you complete all the criteria it is asking of you. I expect all answers to be answered thoroughly and contain detail. It also would be in your best interest to answer the questions this way to really learn about this great sport.

Essay Rubric:

 

Poor

Fair

               Good

                   Excellent

                         Score

Questions about Masters

Only found and answered 3-4 of the 5 questions asked with no detail in responses.

Answered 5 of the 5 questions with little to no detail in responses.

Answered 5 of the 5 questions with some detail in responses.

Answered 5 of the 5 questions with good detail in responses.

25

Creating own hole for Augusta Course

No creativity when designing the hole. Does not have detail and is plain.

Little creativity with some detail and incorporates some type of bunker or trap.

Creativity is there, but not as much detail. Contains 1-2 bunkers or traps.

Creativity and detail and there. Contains 3-4 bunkers or traps.

25

Total Score:

 

Conclusion

The purpose of this web quest is to provide information and teach people that may not be familiar with the game of golf. Golf has a lot of tradition that people may not know about which is very interesting. Golf is an international game where the players are from countries all over the world. The task is to see what the student has learned that they did not know about before and to reflect on it. Golf is a sport that is not as popular in physical education class, but we believe that it is a game of tremendous skill that should be taught to students. With this knowledge you may be able to go out and play the game yourself in order to get an even better feel for the game. Or maybe watch a tournament on the Golf channel next time one comes around. This webquest also is a good way to get started in liking this fantastic sport.