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I thought Zinger recently stated that it started in the good ole US of A?
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Andy
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Go and get a guided tour of the R&A clubhouse @ St Andrews from Jim Farmer, he'll put you right.
jim8flog
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Of course it started in Holland it was developed from ice hockey
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Golf as we know it today originated in Scotland but there is plenty of evidence to suggest it developed from games played much earlier in China, Persia and Holland.
Jacko_G
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Of course you'd be wrong. However you keep believing what you like.
Grant85
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Club and ball sports were relatively common in history around the gentrified areas that had time for lifestyle pursuits, including in the Netherlands.
Golf, as it was played in Scotland was the 1st such pursuit where you actually played to get the ball into a hole. And then of course it was 'standardised' by the rules established by the Honourable Company of Gentlemen Golfers. And of course, when tournament golf started it was dominated by Scottish golfers throughout the 1800's and well into the 1900's.
Ye Olde Boomer
Well-known member
Golf definitely did not start in the United States.
We're blamed for enough things, but we can't be blamed for that.
Our club opened in 1906, and the game was still relatively new here.
I was not, regardless of rumors, an original member.
We're blamed for enough things, but we can't be blamed for that.
Our club opened in 1906, and the game was still relatively new here.
I was not, regardless of rumors, an original member.
ScienceBoy
Money List Winner
Speed skating started in the fens.
Jacko_G
Blackballed
Well I never!
ScienceBoy
Money List Winner
Its a stretch to say it "started" but it probably did for the UK as we had a world champion at one point https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fen_skating
jim8flog
Journeyman Pro
I keep believing it is easy to wind some people up, particularly those that need a smiley to see a joke.
