Golf Ball Dimples | Putting Tips | Golf Putting Instruction

A Brief History of Golf

March 21st, 2008 Subscribe To Our Feed

This is an interesting story about the origins of golf. There are many other places that have there sports but none as popular as golf. Want to learn why a golf ball has dimples.

Out of all the games of the world golf is one of the most popular. Irrespective of class or wealth golf is open to all sectors of the community but it is a game that generates massive incomes for television companies, golfing resorts, professional golfers and lots of other people. Out of all the luxurious golf resorts many golfers would class the Scottish town of St Andrews as the most important place to play at least one round. Scotland is known throughout the world as the home of golf.

Besides Scotland there are a few other places that claim to be the home of golf. The French have two games which many like to think of as a forerunner to golf, chole and jeu de mail, but no real evidence exists to back up the theory. Kolven, which is a Dutch game still played today has some interesting points but, again, it fails to withstand scrutiny as the source of the modern game of golf.

Read the rest of this entry »