A brief history of golf

A brief history of golf, games such as golf was played on February 26, 1297 in the Netherlands, specifically in the town of Loenen aan de Vecht. The Dutch played with sticks and leather ball. Enter the game ball to the hole with a "golf club" as the bat also has played in the 17th century in Holland, and much earlier than the Scots played golf. Current evidence from the report of Professor Ling Hongling of Lanzhou University showed a similar game of golf that people are now known, has played in China in the Tang Dynasty era South, about 500 years before golf was mentioned for the first time in Scotland. Note Dōngxuān (Chinese:  written Wei Tai of the Song Dynasty (960-1279) contains explanations about the game called chuiwan Chui means hitting, and wan meaning ball) and also complete with pictures of the game them. Song Dynasty people play it with 10 types of sticks, stick them called cuanbang, pubang, and shaobang. Game sticks decorated with jade and gold, so this time the game of golf may just rich people. According to Ling Hongling, golf Mongolians introduced to Europe and then Scotland in the late Middle Ages.

Responding to the claims of golf came from China, a spokesman for the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews said, "using the stick and ball games have been around for centuries, but golf as it is known people present, who played in 18 holes, clearly originated from Scotland." The word golf is likely to come from the Scottish pronunciation for the word kolf in Dutch, which means stick or bat

A brief history of golf, Facts show golf "modern" is derived and developed in Scotland. The first permanent golf course is also located in Scotland, as well as golf club membership system in the first. The first written rules governing the game of golf is also from Scotland, and also 18-hole golf course located in Scotland first. The first official golf tournament contested antarpegolf from various cities in Scotland. Not much later, the modern golf game spread to England, and then to the whole world.

The world's oldest golf course is a golf course called The Old Links at Musselburgh Racecourse. Golf course located at the waterfront called links because you are on sandy hills that connect the mainland and the sea. Written evidence shows golf is played on Musselburgh Links in 1672, although Mary Queen of Scots was reported already play golf there in 1567.