| Golf has been around since the 15th century. It was | | | | evolution of golf balls. Balls had to be made tougher to |
| originally started on the coast of Scotland. Back then | | | | withstand the harder hits from newer clubs. |
| players would hit a pebble around the sand dunes | | | | Carrying & Caddies |
| using a stick or club. After 1750, golf evolved in to the | | | | In the 1880s, golf bags were introduced. Then of |
| sport we know today. The first rule book was wrote | | | | course there were caddies that were paid to carry |
| in Edinburgh in 1774. | | | | these bags around the course. In 1962 the powered |
| Golf Balls | | | | golf car was invented by Merlin L. Halvorson. |
| Hitting pebbles was not the best way to play the | | | | Golf Tees |
| game. The first actual golf balls that were created | | | | The word "tee" in golf originated as the name for the |
| were made of thin leather bags that were stuffed with | | | | area where the golfer played. In 1889 the first portable |
| feathers that did not go very far. | | | | golf tee was patented by Scottish golfers William |
| A ball called the gutta-percha was invented in 1848 by | | | | Bloxsom and Arthur Douglas. This tee was made of |
| Reverend Adam Paterson. It was made from the sap | | | | rubber and had three vertical rubber prongs that held |
| of the Gutta tree, and it could be hit for almost 225 | | | | the ball in place. It laid on the ground and did not stick in |
| yards, very similar to today's golf balls. | | | | to the ground like modern golf tees. |
| Around 1898, a man named Coburn Haskell introduced | | | | The Rules |
| the first one-piece rubber cored ball. These balls | | | | In 1774, the first standardized rules of golf were written |
| reached distances approaching 430 yards. In 1905 a | | | | and used in the first golf championship, which Doctor |
| golf ball manufacturer named William Taylor was the | | | | John Rattray won on April 2nd in Edinburgh, Scotland. |
| first to add dimples. | | | | This rule book has been the basis of the game of golf |
| Golf Clubs | | | | as we know it for over 200 years. Of course some |
| Golf clubs used to be wooden shafts and not very | | | | rules have been modified for the modern game, but |
| technological. Today's clubs are made from steel or | | | | the principles have pretty much stayed the same. |
| graphite and are much more durable and lighter that | | | | I hope this has gotten you to appreciate the great |
| the old wooded clubs. Golf clubs evolved with the | | | | history of the game of golf. |