Golf balls, a word from the queen, and an X-rated drawing by Andy Warhol are just some of the items left behind by astronauts ...

It happened on the moon. Forty years ago this ... kind of "giant leap for mankind," playing sports on the lunar surface. Shepard famously hit golf balls with a modified six-iron, and Mitchell ...

Now it was time for Shepard to play some golf on the lunar surface. But the bulkiness of his suit prevented him from using both hands, so he gripped the club in just his right hand. His first two ...

The fact that Shepard even made contact and got the ball airborne is extremely impressive. And of course, the astronaut's legacy as the first human to play golf on the Moon remains secure.

So, before his trip to the Moon, he commissioned a custom 6-iron head that he could attach to the end of a lunar sampling tool in lieu of a regular golf club. Then, as his time on the lunar ...

Each of the so-called Moonballs was adorned with an illustration of an astronaut (presumably Shepard) playing golf on the moon and was also inscribed, "First Golf Ball On The Moon, Feb. 6 ...

DALLAS — If a tree fell at Trinity Forest Golf Club, it might make a sound but it wouldn’t land on a hole. Ironically, there are no trees in play at this links-style course that meanders ...

“Almost like playing on the surface of the moon,” Justin Rose said ... Geoff Ogilvy spoke for dozens of players in a column for Golf World magazine that began, “The funny thing about Royal St.