"Did The Game of Golf Come From Outer Space ?","
The exact origins of the game of golf remain a subject of continual debate.
This claim is due in large part to a number of specific historical references dating as far back as the mid 1400s.
In 1457 King James proclaimed by royal decree that the playing of ""fluteball : and ""gowf"" were forbidden so that the men of Scotland could concentrate on their archery practice.
At this point even Scotland James IV took up the game of golf himself.
In an alternate theory of golf's beginnings, a Dutch historian, Steven von Hengel, has argued that golf originated in Holland around 1297.
Colf, it is believed, was played primarily on ice.
This letter carrying game was played in wooden shoes with soft spikes.
Golf became an accepted part of the culture as early as 1604, when William Mayne was appointed Royal Clubmaker, although the game was still reserved for the elite who had the wealth and leisure to enjoy it.
A feather ball cost three times as much as a club and because feathery balls were so delicate, players had to carry three to six balls In addition the balls flew poorly in wet weather, a fact that further dissuaded the working class who, unlike the gentry did not possess the flexibility of flexible time and leisure for scheduled games of golf.
Because the feathery ball performed so inadequately when damp, early golf was played predominantly on the relatively arid eastern side of Scotland.
It must be noted that the invention of the lawn mower is a relatively current occurrence.
If the debate over whether the Scots or Dutch created the game of golf, the Scots certainly had a hand in creating the golf club.
Clair in Leith in 1744 and later became the Company of Edinburgh Golfers.
Andrews Golfers.
The R & A also established 18 holes as the standard golf course.
Andrews consisted of 22 holes with golfers playing 11 holes out and 11 back.
Thus is the history and origins of our modern game of golf that we treasure today.
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