The miss conceptions and why you should play golf. There is
reasons why people in this world play golf and are the wrong reasons.
One is that golf is relaxsing to the mind, that could not be farther then
the truth. Golf is a mind game is a mind golf so during the game of golf
your mind is always working and is never at rest. The rest of the paper
The origin of the game of golf has never been clearly
established. The Romans during the reign of Caesar played a game
resembling golf by striking a feather-stuffed ball with club-shaped
branches. Book illustrations show the Dutch playing a similar game on
their frozen canals about the 15th century. Cross-country variations
were popular in France and Belgium.In 1457 golf was banned in
Scotland because it interfered with the practice of archery, which was
vital to the defense effort. Nevertheless the Scots continued to brave the
opposition of both Parliament and church by playing the game on seaside
courses called links. Scotland is the home of the world's oldest golf
course, St. Andrews, which was used as early as the 16th century. Golf
became firmly established in Great Britain by the 17th century when
James VI of Scotland, later James I of England, was attracted to the
sport. The Royal and Ancient Golf Club at St. Andrews, the cradle of
golf, was founded in 1754. During the 1800s the gutta-percha ball, or
"gutty," replaced the feather-filled ball that had been used for centuries.
In 1860 the first British Open was played at Prestwick, Scotland. The
competition was opened to both professionals and amateurs the following
year. The first permanent golf club in North America, Canada's Royal
Montreal Club, was founded in 1873. St. Andrews, one of the oldest golf
clubs in the United States, was established as a 3-hole layout in 1888 at
Yonkers, N.Y. Its founders were known as the "Apple Tree Gang" because
of the many apple trees on...