Did you know that Golf was invented in Scotland?
By: john
Golf was invented in Scotland, and dates back to at least the
17th century, possibly even earlier the name is believed to come
from an Old German word, gowf, meaning a club or bat. The oldest
golf course in the world is Musselburgh Links, but there are many
vary old golf courses in Scotland, most famously St. Andrews. It is
believed that the reason golf courses today have 18 holes is that
St. Andrews only had room for nine, but the early golfers decided
to play the course through twice each time.
Golfs Scottish origin is a matter of some controversy among the
Dutch, the Chinese and the French, who all claim that they had much
similar club-and-ball games much longer ago. While there is no
doubting they did, however, it seems clear that there is more to
golf than just the club and the ball, and that golf as it is played
today was at least perfected, if not entirely invented out of thin
air, in Scotland.
Since then, little has really changed about the game. The grass has
got shorter and smoother, as lawnmower technology has improved, the
wooden clubs have been replaced with metal ones, and the balls have
been improved by the addition of rubber, but thats about it.
It wasnt until the 20th century, however, that golf really started
to spread all over the world. There were no golf courses in China
until 1985, but now there are more than 200. Since the Second World
War, golf has become insanely popular in Japan, even though they
dont really have the space to build the courses they have become
pioneers of indoor and virtual golf. Today, it is thought that
there are over 30,000 golf courses in the world thats well over a
hundred for every country, although some countries obviously have
far more courses than others, particularly in the English-speaking
world.
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