Starting in Scotland, golf has been played for over 500 years and has evolved and spread all over the world. There are many great golfing shots - sometimes they are great shots played when there is not a lot on it - and other times they are great shots played under intense pressure and during moments of intense significance.

Below is a summary of ESPN’s top 10 greatest golf shots:

10 In 1995 at the British Open, being held at St Andrews Constantino Rocca, had landed his ball in the notorious ‘valley of death’ on the par 4 18th hole leaving him needing a miracle to stay in contention. He sank a glorious putt from 65 feet away, completely off the green. This gave him a birdie and forced a playoff with John Daly, who did, in fact go on to win. Rocca's previous poor play in that game is long forgotten, the glorious putt having salvaged his reputation.

9 On the final hole of the US Open in 1995, Corey Pavin was 228 yards out, on his second shot of a par-three layout. Despite it being very windy that day he was able to loft the ball a massive 228 yards to place it sweetly on the green, a mere five feet away from the cup; perfectly setting himself up for par and victory over Greg Norman. The beauty of this shot is two-fold: Corey Pavin was not known as a huge hitter and his precise placement of the ball occurred blind – the green was on a slight rise which blocked Pavin’s vision to the point that he had to run forward about 30 yards just to see how it had landed!

8 Jack Nicklaus, at the beginning of the 1986 Masters was called the ‘Olden Bear’, being 46 at the time. Determined to prove that his experience could only enhance his play, he reclaimed the ‘G’ to be the Golden Bear once more on the infamous par-three 16th hole, with a magnificent 170 yard shot that landed a mere 3 foot from the hole, the perfect set-up for an easy birdie putt. Commentators and spectators alike were shocked by the massive cheer that went up to celebrate that beautiful shot; more akin to something heard in a football stadium than a tranquil golf-course.

7 Top shot number 7 needs a little backstory in order for it to be fully appreciated: Ben Hogan, a champion golfer had a horrific car accident after which doctors doubted that he would walk again, never mind play golf. Hogan was having none of it and a mere 11 months after the accident was not only walking and playing golf; he was playing competition standard golf! In 1950 at the final of the US Open played at Merion, Ben, despite being in agony with each step that he took, placed a 200 yard shot neatly onto the green with a 2-iron, taking the putt for par. This gained him a place in the play-off the next day, which he won. This took place a mere 16 months after the accident and Hogan took up to three hours to prepare for the game, needing his legs to be bandaged before play; an incredible achievement.

6 Greg Norman seemed set for victory at the 1986 PGA championship in Inverness – he was in the lead and his opponent Bob Tway needed a birdie for the win. However Bob Tway’s first shot had landed in in the rough, and his second in a bunker, leaving him in an almost unrecoverable position. Surely hoping to merely extricate himself and land on the severely sloping green he exploded the ball out of the bunker in a shower of sand and dust from where it trickled neatly into the hole. The footage of the shot is telling, simply watching Bob Tway’s face as he resignedly chops the ball out and watches it run down the slope, turning to pure joy as he realises it has dropped out of sight into the cup.