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Golf, as we know it today,
originated from a game played on
the eastern coast of Scotland
during the 15th century. Players
would hit a pebble around a
natural course of sand dunes and
rabbit trails using a stick or
primitive club.
Some historians believe that the
games of Kolven from Holland and
Chole from Belgium influenced
the game. The latter being
introduced into Scotland in
1421. However, while these are
stick and ball games, they are
missing that vital ingredient
that is unique to golf-the hole.
Whatever the argument, there is
no dispute that Scotland gave
birth to the game we know today
as golf.
The status and popularity of
golf spread quickly throughout
the 16th century due to it's
royal endorsement. King Charles
I brought the game to England
and Mary Queen of Scots, who was
French, introduced the game to
France while she studied there.
In fact, the term "caddie" stems
from the name given to her
helpers who were cadets in the
French military.
The Gentlemen Golfers of Leith
(near Edinburgh) was the first
club and was formed in 1744 to
promote an annual competition
and to draft the club's rules.
The first reference to golf at
the historic town of St. Andrews
was in 1552. The now famous
clubhouse was erected there in
1854 and the Royal and Ancient
Golf Club of St Andrews became
the premier golf club because of
it's fine course, the
publication of rules, and it's
promotion of the game as a
proper sport.
Of course by this time golfers
were using proper clubs and
balls. Club heads were made from
beech wood and some heads were
made from hand-forged iron.
Shafts were usually ash or hazel
wood. Balls were made from
tightly packed feathers wrapped
in a stitched horse hide sphere.
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