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I have a website Funny Golf Art prints, please Click here for my comic art Prints Golf website. One of Britain's favorite sports is golf, which creates a ball and sports club called 'Pagan' was played for the first time in Londinium (London, England) by the Romans over 1500 years ago.

While continuing the argument of who invented the sport of Golf, the only certain fact about the origins of golf is that golf was first played in Scotland in the form we know today. Apparently, around 1353, golfers adopted the principle of allowing each team to give a blow uninterrupted seconds. Previously, teams of players alternate hitting a ball back and forth across the links in Fife.

The history shows that golf courses also quickly gained such popularity that eclipsed the sport of archery. Archery was so vital to Scotland's national defense, the game of golf in Scotland was made a crime punishable by hanging. The modern game of golf we understand today is generally regarded as an invention of Scotland since the game was mentioned in two 15th century laws, the Scottish Parliament, prohibiting the reproduction of the game of gowf because he was taking the time to practice archery, which was necessary for national defense.

The modern game of golf originated and developed in Scotland: the first permanent golf originated in Scotland, as well as membership of golf clubs first. The first written rules origin, as well as the establishment of the 18-hole course. The first formalized tournament structures developed and competitions were held between different Scottish cities. In short, the modern game of golf had spread from Scotland to England and from there to the rest of the world. The oldest playing golf course in the world is The Old Links at Musselburgh Links. Evidence has shown that golf is played on Musselburgh Links in 1672 although Mary, Queen of Scots supposedly played there in 1567.

In 1603 James VI of Scotland succeeded to the throne of England. He and his courtiers played golf at Blackheath, London, of which the Royal Blackheath Golf Club traces its origins. There is evidence that Scottish soldiers, expatriates and emigrants took the game to the British colonies and elsewhere during the 18th and early 19th century.

The Royal Calcutta Golf Club and the club Pau in southwestern France are striking reminders of these trips and are the oldest golf clubs outside and the British Isles and the oldest in continental Europe, respectively. However, it was not until the late 19th century that golf became more widely popular outside his home in Scotland.

In the 1860s there were regular services from London to Edinburgh. The real excitement of Scotland links transport has improved considerably and the writings of Sir Walter Scott caused a boom for tourism in Scotland and a wider interest in Scottish history and culture abroad. This period also coincided with the development of the gutty, a golf ball made of gutta-percha was cheaper to mass produce, more durable and consistent in quality and performance that the pen full of leather balls used previously. Golf began to spread to the rest of the British Isles. In 1864 the golf course the resort of Westward Ho! became the first course back in England from Blackheath. In 1880 there were 12 areas of England, reaching 50 in 1887 and 1000 in 1914. The game in England had progressed sufficiently by 1890 to produce his first Open Championship, John Ball. The game also started to further spread through British Commonwealth and the British holiday destinations.

In the 1880s golf clubs was created in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and South Africa. Followed by Singapore in 1891. Courses were also established several tourist sites in mainland Europe for the benefit of British visitors.

The word golf was first mentioned in writing in 1457 in a charter of the Scottish Parliament banned as gouf game, possibly derived the word goulf Scots (variously spelled) meaning "to strike or cuff". This word, in turn, is derived from the Dutch word Kolf, which means "stick" or "club" and the Dutch sport of the same name.

Timeline golf history from 150 AD to 1900 AD:

AD 150 balls and sports club called "Pagan was first played in Londinium (London, England) by the Romans.

1354 - The first reference the registered "Cole", the probable antecedent of golf. It is a derivative of hockey played in Flanders.
1421 - A Scottish regiment to help the French against the English at the site of Bauge is introduced in the game of chole. Hugh Kennedy, Robert Stewart and John Smale, three of the actors identified is credited with introducing the game in Scotland.
1457 - Golf, along with football, is banned by Parliament Scot James II to preserve the skills of Archery by prohibiting gowf on Sundays, and has interfered with military training for the wars against the English.
1470 - The ban on golf is reaffirmed by the Parliament of James III.
1491 - The ban on golf stated once again by Parliament, this time under James IV.
1502 - With the signing of the Treaty of Glasgow between England and Scotland the ban on golf is lifted.
- James IV makes the first recorded purchase of golf team, a set of golf clubs with a bow-maker in Perth.
1513 - Queen Catherine, Queen Consort of England, in a letter to Cardinal Wolsey, refers the growing popularity of golf in England.
1527 - The first commoner recorded as a golfer is Sir Robert Maule, which described as playing on Barry Links, Angus (near the modern town of Carnoustie).
1552 - The first recorded evidence Golf in St. Andrews, Fife.
1553 - The Archbishop of St. Andrews issues a decree giving the local people the right to play golf on the links of St. Andrews.
1567 - Mary, Queen of Scotland, golf was seen shortly after the death of her husband Lord Darnley, is the first known female golfer.
1589 - Golf is banned in the Yard Blackfriars, Glasgow. This is the first reference to golf in the west of Scotland.
1592 - The Royal Burgh of Edinburgh in Leith prohibitions golf on Sunday "in sermonis Tyme." (Eng: sermons)
1618 - Invention of the ball featherie.
- King James VI of Scotland and I of England confirms the right of people to play golf on Sundays.
1621 - First Golf documented information on the links of Dornoch (later Royal Dornoch), in the far north of Scotland.
1641 - Charles I is playing golf at Leith when he learns of the Irish rebellion, marking the start of the English Civil War. He ends his journey.
1642 - John Dickson receives a license as a manufacturer of ball Aberdeen.
1659 - Golf is banned in the streets of Albany, New York- first reference to golf in America.
1682 - The first international golf match recorded, the Duke of York and John Paterstone of Scotland defeat two English noblemen in a match played on the links of Leith.
- Andrew Dickson, carrying clubs for the Duke of York, is the shopping cart first recorded.
1687 - A book by Thomas Kincaid, Thoughts on Golvan, contains the first references on how to make golf clubs.
1721 - Earliest reference to golf at Glasgow Green, the first course played in the west of Scotland.
1724 - "A solemn match of golf" Elphinstone between Alexander and Captain John Porteous becomes the first party in a newspaper. Elphinstone fights and wins a duel for the same reason in 1729.
1735 - The Royal Burgess Golfing Society of Edinburgh is formed [1].
1743 - Thomas Mathison's epic Goff is the first literary effort devoted to golf.
1744 - The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers is formed, playing at Leith links. It is the first golf club.
- The Royal Burgh of Edinburgh pays for a silver cup to be awarded to winner of an annual open competition played in Leith. John Rattray is the first champion.
1754 - Golfers at St. Andrews purchase a drink Silver for an open championship played on the Old Course. Bailie William Landale is the first champion.
- The first codified Rules of Golf published by the St. Andrews Golfers (later the Royal Golf Club of St. Andrews Old).
1759 - Earliest reference for stroke play at St. Andrews. Previously, all play was match.
1761 - The Bruntsfield Links Golfing Society of Edinburgh forms [2].
1764 - Competition for the Silver Club at Leith is restricted to members of the Honourable Company Edinburgh Golfers.
- The first four holes at St. Andrews are combined into two, reducing the round than twenty-two holes (11 outside and inside) to 18 (nine-en). St. Andrews is the first field of 18 holes of golf, and sets the standard for future courses.
1766 - The Blackheath Club in London becomes the first golf club formed outside Scotland.
1767 - The score of 94 returned by James Durham at St. Andrews in the Silver Cup competition sets a record unbroken for 86 years.
1768 - The House course at Leith is erected. It is the golf clubhouse first.
1773 - St. Andrews contest is limited to members of the Leith and St. Andrews societies.
1774 - Thomas McMillan offers a silver cup for competition at Musselburgh, East Lothian. Win first championship.
- The first part-time golf course (at the time also the caretaker of the field) is hired by the Edinburgh Burgess Society.
1780 - The Society of Golfers at Aberdeen (Aberdeen later, the Real Club de Golf) is formed.
1783 - A Silver Club is offered for competition in Glasgow.
1786 - The Golf Club of South Carolina in Charleston form, the golf club for the first time outside the United Kingdom.
- The Crail Golfing Society is formed.
1788 - The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers requires members to wear club uniform when playing on the links.
1797 - The Burntisland Golf Club is formed.
- The city of St. Andrews sells the land containing the Old Course (known then as Pilmor Links), to Thomas Erskine for 805 pounds. Erskine was required to preserve the golf course.
1806 - The St. Andrews Club chooses to elect its captains rather than award captaincy to the winner of the Silver Cup. Thus begins the tradition of Captain "interpreted himself in the office, "by hitting a single shot before the start of the annual competition.
1810 - The reference competition earliest recorded one of the women in Musselburgh.
1820 - The Bangalore Club is formed.
1824 - The Perth Golf Society is formed, later Royal Perth (the first club of this honor).
1826 - Hickory imported from America is used to make golf shafts.
1829 - The Golf Club of Dum Dum, Calcutta Golf later Club (later Royal Calcutta) is formed.
1832 - The North Berwick Club is founded, the first to include women in their activities, although not allowed to play in competitions.
1833 - King William IV confers the distinction of "Real" Golf Society in Perth, Royal Perth is the first club to retain the distinction.
- The St. Andrews Golfers ban the hamper, but cancel to ban a year later.
1834 - William IV confers the title "Royal and former "Golf Club in St. Andrews.
1836 - The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers abandons the deteriorating Leith Links, moving to Musselburgh.
- The longest drive ever recorded with a ball of feathers, 361 yards, is achieved by Samuel Messieux in Champs Elysees.
1842 - The Market Golfing Society (later Royal Bombay) is founded.
1844 - Blackheath is Leith in expanding its course from five to seven holes. North Berwick also had seven holes at the time, although the trend toward a standard eighteen had begun.
1848 - Invention of the Guttie "," the gutta-percha ball. Fly beyond the boom and is much less expensive. Contributes greatly to the expansion of the game.

The Bangalore Golf Club was formed in 1868 and not 1820 as indicated in the timeline. [

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1851

The Prestwick Golf Club is founded.

1856

The Royal Curragh Golf Club is based in Kildare, the first golf club in Ireland. Pau Golf Club is founded, the first on the continent.

A rule change is enacted, in match play, the ball must be played as it lies or the hole you recognize. This is the last recorded toughening the regulatory structure.

1857

"The Golfer's Manual, by" A Keen Hand "(Farnie HB), is published. It is the first book on golf instruction.

Club Prestwick institutes the first Championship Meeting, a quartet contest attended St. Andrews eleven golf clubs. George Glennie and JC Stewart win for Blackheath.

1858

The Championship format of the meeting is changed to different match play and is won by Robert Chambers of Bruntsfield.

Allan Robertson becomes the first golfer to break 80 on the Old Course, recording 79.

The King James VI Golf Club is based in Perth, Scotland.

1859

The first Amateur Championship is won by George Condie of Perth.

Death of Allan Robertson, the first great professional golfer.

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1860

The Prestwick Club institutes a Professional Championship played at Prestwick, the first championship belt won by Willie Park, Snr.

1861

The Professionals Championship is open to amateurs, and The Open Championship was born. The first contest was won by Old Tom Morris.

1864

The North Devon Golf Club was founded in Westward Ho!

1867

Ladies' Golf Club of St. Andrews is founded, the first golf club for women.

1869

The Liverpool Golf Club is based in Hoylake, Royal Liverpool later.

Young Tom Morris, 17, wins the first of four consecutive Open championships. His streak includes a victory by 11 strokes in 1869 and a 12-stroke victory in 1870 (in a 36-hole format.) His 149 in the 1870 Open over 36 holes is a stroke average was not equaled until the invention of the rubber core ball.

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1870

Young Tom Morris wins his third consecutive Open Championship, thus winning permanent possession of the band.

The Royal Adelaide Golf Club is founded, the golf club for the first time in Australia.

1871

The Otago Golf Club is formed, the first club in New Zealand.

1872

The Open Championship is resumed once Prestwick, St. Andrews and the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers gives a new trophy, with the Open Championship to be held in rotation by the three clubs.

Tom Young Morris wins his fourth consecutive Open championship.

1873

The Christchurch Golf Club was formed, the second club in New Zealand.

The Royal Montreal Golf Club is formed, the first club in Canada.

The Open Championship is held for the first time at the Old Course.

1875

The Oxford and Cambridge Golf Clubs of the University was founded.

Young Tom Morris dies at age 24. Not emotionally recover from the death of his wife and her daughter at birth early this year.

Vesper Country Club was formed in Tyngsboro, MA.

1878

The first match University to play at Wimbledon, won by Oxford.

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1881

Royal Belfast is founded.

The use of molds is instituted to dimple the gutta-percha ball. Golfers had realized that the time worked in the air Guttie better after having been beaten several times and lined up.

1883

Bob Ferguson of Musselburgh, losing the extra holes Open, coming off a victory shy equal the record of Young Tom Morris "of four consecutive titles. Ferguson just penniless later in life, working out the Musselburgh caddy-shack.

1884

The Oakhurst Golf Club was founded in White Sulphur Springs. The first hole at The href = "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Homestead, _Virginia"> Homestead survives from this course and is the oldest surviving golf hole in America.

1885

The first Amateur Championship is played at Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake.

The Royal Cape Golf Club is based in Wynberg, South Africa, the first club in Africa.

1886

AJ Balfour was appointed First Secretary (Cabinet Minister) for Ireland; his rise to prominence and social policy has an incalculable effect on the popularity of golf, because it catalyzes an indefatigable player and great interest in the game through his writing and public speaking.

1887

"The Art of Golf" by Sir Walter Simpson is published.

1887

The Foxburg Country Club is based in Foxburg, Pennsylvania, the oldest golf course in the United States in continuous use in one place.

1888 Kebo Valley Golf Club is the eighth oldest golf course in the U.S..

1888

The Golf Club of St. Andrew is based in Yonkers, New York, the oldest surviving golf club in America.

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1890

John Ball, an English amateur, becomes the first non-Scotsman and first amateur to win the British Open.

Bogey is invented by Hugh Rotherham, as the result of the hypothetical golfer playing perfect golf at every hole. Rotherham calls this a ground level, "but Dr. Thomas Brown, Honorary Secretary Great Yarmouth Club, christens this hypothetical man a Bogey "Man," after a popular song of the day, and christens his score a Bogey. "With the invention of the golf ball core rubber are capable of reaching the green in fewer strokes, and a bogey it has come to represent more than a few score for the hole.

1891

The Golf Union of Ireland is based on 12 October 1891 and is the most former Union of golf in the world.

Shinnecock Hills Golf Club is based in Long Island.

Warkworth Golf Club was founded in Northumberland, designed by Tom Old Morris

1892

Palmetto Golf Club established in Aiken, South Carolina.

Glen Arven Country Club golf case set out in Thomasville, Georgia USA, the oldest course still in use in Georgia.

Gate money is charged for the first time in a match between Douglas Rollard and Jack White, Cambridge. The practice of paying for the games through private betting, rather than gate receipts and sponsorships, survives well into As the 20th century Calcutta, "but increasingly gate receipts are the source of legitimate prize purses.

The Amateur Golf Championship of the India and the East was established, the first international championship event.

1893

Ladies' Golf Union of Great Britain and Ireland is founded and the first female British Amateur Golf Championship won by Lady Margaret Scott at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club.

The Irish Golf the ladies of the Union is founded and is the oldest Ladies Golf Union in the world.

The Chicago Golf Club opens its first U.S. golf course 18 holes course at the current site Downers Grove Golf Course. The Chicago Golf Club moved to its current location in 1895.

Victoria Golf Club is formed and remains the oldest course west of the Mississippi at its original site.

The Segregansett Country Club opens in Taunton, Massachusetts. This course is still in operation.

1894

The Open is played on an English course for the first time and won for the first time by an Englishman, JH Taylor. Taylor, along with Harry Vardon and James Braid (known as the Great Triumvirate) that dominate the Open Championship for the next two decades.

The United States Golf Association was founded the Amateur Golf Association of the United States. Charter members are the Chicago Golf Club, Country Club, Newport Country Club, Golf Club and San Andrés Golf Club Shinnecock Hills.

Tacoma Golf Club is founded, the first golf club in the U.S. Pacific coast.

1895

The U.S. Amateur Championship, to be instituted, with Charles B. Macdonald won the inaugural event. The first U.S. Open takes place the next day, with Horace Rawlins won.

July 6, 1895 - Van Cortlandt Park Golf Course opens - the first public golf course in America.

The pool cue is banned as a putter by the USGA.

1896

Henry Vardon wins his first British Open.

1897

The first NCAA championship is conducted. Louis Bayard, Jr. is the winner.

"Golf" magazine first U.S. golf was first published.

1898

The term "birdie" is coined at Atlantic CC from "a bird of a hole."

Freddie Tait, betting they could reach the Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club Club House Club House the Royal St. George's Golf Club - a three mile distance - shooting forty or less, puts his 32nd career through a window at the Cinque Ports club.

The ball Haskell was designed and patented by Coburn Haskell. It is the first rubber core ball.

Church Stretton Golf Club is founded, the oldest 18-hole course in Shropshire and one of the best courses in England and the United Kingdom.

1899

The Western Open was first played at Glenview GC the tournament for the first time in what became the PGA Tour.

1900

Walter Travis wins the first of his three Amateur Championships USA. Harry Vardon wins the U.S. Open, the first golfer to win the British and U.S. Opens.

Golf is at the Olympics since the Games schedule second in Paris.

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