"As the game developed, separate teeing grounds were eventually established and the golf course in the form we know it…"

"There were no club makers of course in the early days of the game but golfers found that the skills of the weapons ma…"

"In the beginning the golf ball was made of wood, probably of beech, but the feather ball, or 'featherie' came into ex…"

"The game of golf as we know it today did not really emerge from its crude beginnings on the east coast of Scotland un…"

"Today golf is an international game played in every corner of the world. It owes that popularity to the pioneering ef…"

"Wherever they traveled Scotts took their favorite pastime with them. They set up courses and founded golf clubs. None…"

"Although there is no written evidence so far traced of golf before James II's Act of Parliament of 1457, there is no …"

"The first Scot who tried to influence the game to any real extent did not attempt to do so for the betterment of the …"

"Golf in the early days as it became organised was very much the preserve of the wealthier classes, professional and m…"

"Golf? Nuts! I never did see any fun in a game, where if I hit a ball, I had to chase it myself."