What
is Golf?
From the Dutch word "kolf",
meaning club, but the game was invented in Scotland game
going back at least to the 1400's. It's popularity was hampered by requiring
close-cropped grass. The lawnmower was
not invented until 1831, and not really practical until the machine-tool industry
was able to cut steel gears c. 1880's. Golf wasn't played in America until
1888, when the St.
Andrews Golf Club of Yonkers was formed. |
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