History of Golf

The first golf course built is in Saint Andrews, Scotland. It is one of the most difficult courses known today.

Bobby Nichols won the 1964 PGA Championship.

The links is simply a term referring to a type of golf course. A links golf course is one where the land that is golf course is on, is the land that 'links' the sea to the arable farming land.

Zack Efrain he is could at golf

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Roberto de Vicenzo had more than 250 pro wins in his career, even though he signed a bad card at the 1968 Masters

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I believe it was because King James II wanted his archers wanted to focus less on golf and more on archery practice. Also, I also have heard he banned it because "it looketh like a silly game."

On January 17, 1916, a group of golf professionals and several leading amateur golfers gather at the Taplow Club in New York City, in a meeting that will result in the founding of the Professional Golfers Association (PGA).

The 2011 US golf open was won by Rory Mcilroy and the 2011 US tennis open, was won in the mens by Novak Djokovic and in the womens by Samantha Stosur.

Jack Nicklaus was born on January 21, 1940

This year there is currently 230 players with full or partial tour cards.

First Recorded - The earliest recorded hole-in-one was in 1869 at the Open Championship when Tom Morris (Young Tom) did the 8th hole (166 yards) Prestwick in one stroke. This was the second of four Open Championships won successively by Young Tom. Source: http://www.opengolf.com/ChampionshipGolf/TheOpenChampionship/History/PreviousOpens.aspx?eventid=1869000

4.25 inches is the current size of a golf hole

Depends on how strong you are. People can hit it anywhere between a few inches and 500 yards.

Have you seen a golf swing? The idea is to hit the ball with the swing, that is the only way to play the game.

Bob Tway won the 1986 PGA Championship.

Woods began to play golf at the age of two. In 1978, he made an appearance on The Michael Douglas show. On the show he hit a drive and had a putting contest with comedian Bob Hope. At age three, Woods shot a 48 over nine holes at the Navy Golf Club in Cypress, California, and at age five, he appeared on ABC's That's Incredible. In 1984 at the age of eight he won the 9-10 year old boys' event, the youngest age group available, at the Junior World Golf Championships.

Golf's roots can be traced to games and rituals dating back hundreds or thousands of years. However, the modern game of golf descends from Scotland, where shepherds would knock rocks into holes. The course at St. Andrews in Scotland is the world's earliest dedicated golf course.

Mark Twain is the person to have been quoted saying that. However it would seem about a million people have said it since. I don't think it spoils a good walk.

Nobody really knows who invented golf. Scotland and Great Britain are the two most widley belived to be where Golf was invented. In Great Britain Golf has been played since 1340. Although Scotland is the place where the game of Golf was put together primitivly. Scotland's the place where they added the hole to the game of Golf, and the clubs we use today, and the balls we use today.History has not recorded the person who invented the game of golf but believes the game originated in Scotland around the 12th century. Click on the 'History of Golf' link on this page to read about the game and its history.
the Scots 'invented' golf, Golf was first played on the coast of Scotland during the 15th century

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Ken Venturi.

Now here are three serious explanations for the origins of term FORE!

1) Because golf balls were pricey, golfers employed 'Forecaddies' to stand where the ball might land and reduce the number of lost balls, as is done in tournaments today. In 1875, Robert Clark mentions that Andrew Dickson performing this role for the Duke of York in 1681 and describes it as "what is now commonly called a fore-caddie". It is probable that golfers called to their "Forecaddie!", who would always be some distance ahead to draw attention to the fact the ball was coming and, in time, this was shortened to "Fore!" The nearly contemporaneous appearance of the terms caddie, fore-caddie and fore! chains this theory over the others.

2) A following explanation derives from the military battle craft of musket days, when rank after rank would fire fusillades, some over the heads of those in front. It was speculated that the term Fore! might have been used to warn those in front to keep their heads down. Modern historians pour cold water on this theory, partly because it is hard to relate it to a Scottish golf connection and partly because the relevant military terms used do not appear to be connected. But, this theory may in fact be a misunderstanding of the theory below.

3) Here is a third explanation, which appears utterly implausible, but which is an outside possibility. It derives from a report told by John Knox (1505?-1572) the 'hellfire' protestant reformer. He tells the tale, as only 'hellfire' preachers can, of someone arriving at the East Port (east gate) of Leith. This report was noticed by Dr Neilson and subsequently reported by Robert Browning in his book 'History of Golf' (1955) thus:

'One among many comes to the East Port of Leith, where lay two fantastic pieces of ordnance, and where their enemies were known to be, and cried to his fellows that were at the gate making defence: "Ware Before!" and so fires one fantastic piece, and thereafter the other.'

So "Fore!" could be derived from an artillery term warning gunners to stand clear. This last explanation means, at the outset, that the term "Ware Before!" ("Beware Before!") was foreshortened to "Fore!" (rather than "Ware!") and, secondly, it must have been sufficiently well known to be used by golfers.

Fuzzy Zoeller.