The first nine holes of an 18-hole round of golf are known as the "golf front nine". The term clearly comes from the English language and is freely translated into German by golfers as "front nine" or "first nine holes". A look back at golf history reveals that the golf front nine has always been the one that was planned away from the clubhouse in terms of direction. The back nine, the so-called second nine holes, were therefore always built in the opposite direction. This is why today, for example, the scorecard still often shows the designations "Out" for the first and "In" for the second nine holes. Nowadays, this is generally no longer the case. Modern golf course architects try to place tee 1, tee 10, green 9 and green 18 in the immediate vicinity of the clubhouse. This is not only intended to increase the vitality of the clubhouse, but also to simplify play by making it possible to play just one 9-hole round. On the golf front nine, the odd numbers 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15 and 17 are always used for the distribution of the handicap or degree of difficulty. The hole with a handicap of 1 is the most difficult golf hole on the front nine and the golf hole with a handicap of 17 is the easiest.
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