Golf Courses in Greece
The Greeks took games of all kinds very seriously, but particularly physical athletic competition. The Greeks thought that their gods mainly loved to see strong, fit, graceful human bodies, specially boys' and men's bodies. So one way to get on the good side of the gods was to exercise, to eat right, to oil your skin, to create a beautiful body that the gods would love. Because of the Greek tendency to turn everything into an agon, a competition, this also meant that there were a lot of athletic competitions in Greece. The most recognized of these is the Olympic Games, but there were other games held in other places as well, like the Isthmian Games at Corinth.
Today, whilst golfing increases in popularity worldwide, more and more travelers are seeking out the links on their vacations. In Greece, golfing is not yet as popular a sport as elsewhere, but there are still some courses to allow the visitor to explore a different kind of "Classic". There are 5 international standard (18 holes) golf courses in Greece. In Glyfada, Corfu, Rhodes, Chalkidiki and Hersonissos (Crete). Furthermore there is one 9 holes’ course in Elounda, Crete.
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