Chandler(Golf)

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=Golf=

Throughout history, no one found out who invented golf, only that it may have originated in Scotland. The earliest documents referring to golf were in Scotland, 1457 when Scottish Parliament passed an Act prohibiting golf and football, believing it distracted military officers from archery training. The following Acts: 1471 and 1491, official banned Golf defining it as "unproductive".

The Company of Gentleman Golfers, later to be renamed as The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers, holds the oldest surviving rules, also later known as the Lieth Rules, since 1744. The Lieth Rules lists the most basic of codes; Ex: 'Your tee must be on the ground' or 'the ball must be struck at the spot it landed at'.

In the 1860s many British tourist traveled to Scotland because of easy transportation and royal enthusiasm for the country. There the British learned about golf and took a liking to it. Few years later, golf courses were built at different resorts. By 1890, England had their first Open golf Champion, John Ball.

Terms:


 * Birdie
 * The golf term ‘birdie’ came to be known in the United States in 1899 by Ab Smith. When his ball landed 6 inches away from the hole, he commented it on being a bird of a shot and said it should receive a double compensation. The other golfers with him agreed and whenever their golf balls landed near the hole they also deemed it a ‘birdie’.
 * Fore
 * The all powerful word that alerted golfers of impending strikes to the head by speedy golf balls, //‘FORE!’// is a shortened version of before or afore. This was adopted from the military term used to alert troops of artillery.
 * Par
 * The term 'Par' was established in the 1900s (or early 1910s) for the chosen number of strokes to get to the hole for a scratch player in optimal conditions. This was also the way to distinguish par from bogie.

Sources:

[|//http://www.usgamuseum.com/researchers/faq///]

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