| A golf-like game is recorded as taking
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| | it was much more affordable to play. Golf
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| place on 26 February 1297, in the
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| | clubs began cropping up throughout the
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| Netherlands, Here the Dutch played a game
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| | world and the sport was at an all time
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| with a stick and leather ball.
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| | high in popularity.
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| Whoever hit the ball into a target
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| | In 1894 the USGA was established and in
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| several hundreds of meters away the most
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| | 1900 golf was introduced as an Olympic
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| number of times usually won.
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| | event. Then 1914 the PGA was formed.
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| However, golf is generally considered to
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| | As a matter of fact, golf courses did not
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| be a Scottish invention, as the game was
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| | always have eighteen holes. The St
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| mentioned in two 15th-century Acts of the
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| | Andrews Links in Scotland occupy a narrow
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| Scottish Parliament, prohibiting the
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| | strip of land along the sea. As early as
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| playing of the game of 'gowf'.
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| | the 15th century, golfers at St Andrews
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| The oldest playing golf course in the
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| | established a customary route through the
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| world is The Old Links at Musselburgh
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| | undulating terrain, playing to holes
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| Racecourse. Evidence has shown that golf
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| | whose locations were dictated by
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| was played on Musselburgh Links in 1672
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| | topography.
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| although Mary, Queen of Scots reputedly
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| | The course that emerged featured eleven
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| played there in 1567.
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| | holes, laid out end to end from the
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| The people of Scotland had a game where
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| | clubhouse to the far end of the property.
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| they would hit stones through the sand
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| | One played the holes out, turned around,
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| and rabbit holes using sticks. There are
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| | and played the holes in, for a total of
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| those who argue this as there was other
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| | 22 holes.
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| games played involving sticks and balls
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| | In 1764, several of the holes were deemed
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| but the essence of golf, putting the ball
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| | too short, and were therefore combined.
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| in the hole, began in Scotland.
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| | The number was thereby reduced from 11 to
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| When the Royal Family of the day took up
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| | nine, so that a complete round of the
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| the sport it spread to other countries
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| | links comprised 18 holes.
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| throughout the world. So by the 1800's
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| | The major changes in equipment since the
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| golf was quite popular among both men and
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| | 19th century have been better mowers,
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| women.
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| | especially for the greens, better golf
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| By this time the design of golf clubs was
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| | ball designs, using rubber and man-made
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| very similar to what they are now.There
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| | materials since about 1900, and the
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| were also many similarities to the game
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| | introduction of the metal shaft beginning
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| then and the way it's played now. The
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| | in the 1930s.
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| clubs and balls were handmade and very
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| | Also in the 1930s the wooden golf tee was
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| expensive and could only be purchased by
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| | invented. In the 1970s the use of metal
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| the wealthy, making it an exclusive game
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| | to replace wood heads began, and shafts
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| for the rich.
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| | made of graphite composite materials were
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| When metal clubs and mass production came
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| | introduced in the 1980s.
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| along in the late nineteenth century this
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| | Today we have a huge selection of ultra
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| opened up the game of golf to ordinary
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| | moderb golf equipment available from both
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| folk.
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| | US and Overseas manufacturers.
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| Now, more people could enjoy the game as
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