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HISTORICAL FACTS AND INFORMATION ABOUT PLAYING THE GAME OF GOLF Scotland is considered to be the
birthplace of the game of golf but it is interesting to note that the game
was actually banned there for a time. This ban was during the middle part of
the 1500's as Scotland prepared to defend itself against an invasion from
England. The word is that many people in Scotland became so obsessed with
golf that they stopped practicing their military skills that would be
required if the English were to be defeated. During this period in
golf history (1457) the Scottish
Parliament of James II quite literally banned the game. Although the ban was
reintroduced in 1470 and 1491 the game's popularity continued to grow - the
Scots simply ignored the ban
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Golf became firmly established in Great
Britain by the Seventeenth century. In the 1800s the gutta perched ball
replaced the feather filled ball. In 1860 the 1st British Open was
played. The 1st permanent golf club in North America, Canada's Royal
Montreal Club, was founded in 1873. The 1st Eighteen hole course in the USA
was the Chicago Golf Club that was founded near Wheaton, Ill., in 1893. The governing body for current golf tournaments is the United States Golf Association (USGA) and it was founded in 1894. The Professional Golf Association of America (PGA) was formed in 1916. Both Amateurs and Professionals can play in any golf tournament that is called an Open tournament. Examples are the U.S. Open and the British Open. |
Beginning in 1981, the name of the professional circuit was officially changed to the Tournament Players Association (TPA) Tour. Tournament golf had became a well established spectator sport in the United States by the 1920s and has been gaining popularity ever since.
Northern Ireland's Graeme McDowell shot an eight-under-par 64 to TAKE the lead after the first round of the Zurich Golf Classic in New Orleans.
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