Golf History

      Golf was most likely to have originated in Scotland.  The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews was responsible for formulating the rules of the game.  Golf arrived in North America when an immigrant from Scotland formed a club in Montreal.  Today we have invented new golf balls which means new golf a clubs and much more.   

      The earliest traces of golf being played date back to 1350 in England where a stain glass window showed a man hitting a ball in a golf-like manner.  Some people believe that golf came from Holland and others Scotland.  Golf first gained a lot of popularity in Scotland . The Scotland parliament did not feel that it was good for them to allow golf to be played.  They tried to forbid it, but the people said that it was unfair.  The bans did not work.  

      After golf came to America people from all over the world came to America to play.  The U.S. formed the USGA or The United States Golf Association.  America has also contributed to the types of equipment that the players played with.  At the beginning of golf it was played with wooden balls.  Today we play with  a Balta ball.  It is a water filled core wrapped in rubber yarn.  Balta balls are played by professionals and by good amateurs, while the surlyn ball is played by the novices.  Manufacturers are working on making an even better ball.   Golf clubs are now made up of wood and iron.  During the years it switched between those two.  Golf has changed a great deal from when it was first played.  It is now a fun sport that is played around the whole world.     

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