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History of Golf

The history of golf has roots deep in thein the 300 years until the first recognized
history of man since for the past fiveround.
hundred years they have at some point or
another taken a stick to a ball or rock.Regardless of the original inventors it is
Thus making it difficult to determine justclear that Scotland was definitely the leader
when the sport was created and put a timelinein modernizing the sport. They are also
to  golf  history.credited with the creation of the first golf
course in the world. The Old Links located
So exactly who is credited with inventingat  Musselburgh  Links  in  Scotland in 1672.
golf and developing golf history? Well, it
was really a collaboration of a number ofObviously the game has evolved a lot since
countries and the efforts of many men hittingthen. The first golf courses didn't have
objects with a stick. Understandingly, witheighteen holes. The famous St. Andrews golf
such a wide description of how the game wascourse that sits along the sea in Scotland
developed it left it wide open for everyonewas initially created with just eleven holes.
to  claim  ownership.This was back in the fifteenth century when
they would basically just walk out and play
So basically everyone has laid claim tothe  terrain  as  it  showed  fit.
originating the game and contributing to the
history of golf. Scotland may be the mostThey used to play all eleven holes out and
prominent along with China, Italy, England,turn  around  then  play  them  back  in.
Belgium, Holland and France. So while the
Scots may be most regarded as developing theGolf history shows they then cut the number
game  there  is  no  clear  title  holder.to nine holes total and would still play them
out and back so that they played a total of
Some theories claim that shepherds first18  holes  as  we  all  know  it  today.
started the game by hitting rocks across
fields as the tendered their flocks whileMajor alterations to the game and the
others believe that fishermen created theequipment have helped shape golf throughout
game as a means to pass time during drythe late 1800's and early 20th century. The
spells.courses all changed as new grass and better
lawnmowers were created. The vast
Of course there are many other forms of theimprovement was seen mostly on the greens
game that have taken place in and throughoutwhich drastically changed the form of
the world and they each included a ball andputting. Corporations have designed better
stick. The Chinese used to play a game asgolf balls using newly discovered materials
far back as 300 BC that involved beating aand clubs changed dramatically with the
ball while the ancient Romans and Celts alsoimplementation of the metal shaft. The
had similar games that contributed to golfnineteen hundreds also produced the golf tee
history.and  metal and graphite composite club heads.
The very first round of golf was said to beNow golf is a major international sport
played at Bruntsfield Links in Edinburgh,played by millions that grosses billions of
Scotland around 1456. Seeing that the sportdollars a year in revenue. The game has
was supposedly developed around the 1100'sdefinitely come a long way from sticks and
you can see how much it may have progressedrocks.



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