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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

Scotland is the home of the world's oldest golf course, St. Andrews, which was used as early as the sixteenth century.

 

 

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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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