historian, Steven J.H. van Hengel, traced the game of colf back in time to the year 1297. Still there is no physical evidence that golf was originated there. So still no inventors of golf.
             We move on to Scotland, where the first reference of golf being there first was in 1457. King James II banned golf and football, because they were taking away practice time from archery. Golf was banned off and on from 1457 all the way to 1618. Finally golf was a free sport in Scotland. This came when King James VI lifted the ban because he had starting playing the sport. Where have the people been playing then?
             There couldn't have been too many courses or open areas that golfers could have played on. So the most believable or the place that makes the most sense where golf was invented would be in the East Coast of Scotland. This is where the Scottish fishermen where believed to be hitting rocks with sticks on their way home from fishing. The hitting of rocks resembled golf enough for many people to believe that these fishermen originated golf. So we kind of have a birthplace for golf, but how did it really take off? Well, there were a few golf courses that were being built. One of those turned into the "Home of Golf". That would be The Royal and Ancient Golf Club Of St. Andrews.
             The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews was the first golf course to have the conventional eighteen hole format that we use today. This course was first a 22-hole golf course but was changed in 1764. This gives the honor to The Royal and Ancient (R and A) Golf Club at St. Andrews for being the oldest course. The course is still one of the very best championship courses ever. This course has been host of the very noble golf championship called the British Open, one of four "major" tournaments played by the PGA tour (Professional Golf Association). It is pla
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