Which nation really invented golf?

Question

I keep hearing so many different views,

I'd be very grateful if you could clear this matter.

Thank you so much :)

Answer 1

It`s Scotland.........

Answer 2

scotland sonny!

but who cares cause Tiger perfected it ;)

Answer 3

Monkeynuts2006 has the correct historical facts behind the game. Although, not a lot of people know this..lol...the name GOLF was originally said to be an acronym which stood for Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden. It was only when some clubs opened their doors to ladies that ladies actually got more fair treatment.

John S said that :-) nicely done

Answer 4

it was invented in Scotland.......it later got its name from the english when it was called Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden, then shortened to GOLF

Answer 5

Scotland.

Answer 6

Don't really know, but I've heard the initials stand for:-

gentlemen only, ladies forbidden,so assume it's some kind of

male chauvanistic pig

distinction from the last century, in the U.K.!

Answer 7

England is my non-scientific guess

Answer 8

The Scots I believe.

Answer 9

It's thought to be of Roman origins, this from a Scottish golf association.

http://www.rampantscotland.com/know/blde...

Good Luck,   ;-)

Answer 10

I can't give you an exact reference but it is generally believed to be the Dutch

Specifically Dutch shepeherds. They had a game where they used their shepherds crooks to hit small stones into rabbit burrows

Answer 11

Golf as we know it today originated from a game played on the eastern coast of Scotland in the Kingdom of Fife during the 15th century. Players would hit a pebble around a natural course of sand dunes, rabbit runs and tracks using a stick or primitive club. Of course they did not use the type of balls that we're using today. They eventually used wound-balata/rubber type balls.

One of the early forms of golf were all missing one important ingredient to their games to truly make the game of golf and that was the hole.

Anyway, Scotland is widely believed to be the first country to put all the ingredients together (including the rules of the game as well as the number of holes to be played) and actually start a primitive form of the great game of golf. Hence the keeper of the rules of golf has been for a long while with the Royal & Ancient Club of St. Andrews of Scotland, often referred to in short as the R&A.

Answer 12

Golf is a very old game of which the exact origins are unclear. The origin of golf is open to debate as to being Chinese, Dutch or Scottish. However, the most accepted golf history theory is that this sport originated from Scotland in the 1100s.

A game somewhat similar to golf was first mentioned in Dōngxuān Records (Chinese: 東軒錄), a Chinese book of 11th Century. It was also mentioned on February 26, 1297 in the Netherlands in a city called Loenen aan de Vecht. Here the Dutch played a game with a stick and leather ball. Whoever hit the ball into a target several hundreds of meters away the most number of times, won.

However, modern golf is considered to be a Scottish invention, as the game was mentioned in two 15th century laws prohibiting the playing of the game of gowf. Some scholars have suggested that this refers to another game which is more akin to modern shinty, hurling or field hockey than golf. A game of putting a small ball into a hole in the ground using clubs was played in 17th century Netherlands. Flourishing trade over the North Sea during the Middle Ages and early Modern Period led to much language interaction between Scots, Dutch, Flemish and other languages. There are reports of even earlier accounts of golf from continental Europe.



The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St AndrewsThe oldest playing golf course in the world is The Musselburgh Old Links Golf Course . Evidence has shown that golf was played here in 1672 although Mary, Queen of Scots reputedly played there in 1567.

The word Golf was first mentioned in writing in 1457 on a Scottish statute on forbidden games as gouf, possibly derived from the Scots word goulf (variously spelled) meaning "to strike or cuff". This word may, in turn, be derived from the Dutch word kolf, meaning "bat," or "club," and the Dutch sport of the same name. It is often claimed that the word originated as an acronym for "gentlemen only, ladies forbidden", but this is an urban legend.

Answer 13

The things is loads of different places had "ball in hole games" so you'll never get a definite answer, but Golf as we know it Scotland.

Answer 14

Scottland...something to do instead of messing with the sheep

Answer 15

Scotland, and when you look around - they seem to have pretty much invented everything else too!

Unless you live in the US, of course - they love to change history and take the credit....

Answer 16

The modern game started in Scotland without question.  I would say golf first started way back the first time someone swung a stick at a rock on the ground and then decided to do it again.

Answer 17

Golf is a very old game of which the exact origins are unclear. The origin of golf is open to debate as to being Chinese, Dutch or Scottish. However, the most accepted golf history theory is that this sport originated from Scotland in the 1100s

Answer 18

scottland

Answer 19

Deffo Scotland.

Answer 20

Scotland

Answer 21

Just to add to the confusion