Golf History

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  • 300 BCE

    CHINESE PLAYED "CH'UI WAN"

    The Chinese in 2005 claimed that golf originated in China.
  • 100 BCE

    PAGANICA: ROMAN GAME

    Paganica is believed to be an imported Bandy type game from Greece. Bandy is one of several team games where a stick was used to hit a ball.
  • 1100

    CHOLE

    A game played in Belgium and Northern France
  • 1300

    KOLVEN

    Kolven or as later called "kolf" was played in confined areas of villages. Believed to be the origin of golf.
  • 1414

    GOLF IN SCOTLAND

    Started on the eastern side of Scotland in the area known as St. Andrews.
  • 1457

    FIRST WRITTEN RECORD OF GOLF IN SCOTLAND

    King James II in a declaration bans the sport on Sundays

  • RULES OF GOLF

    Entitled "Articles and Laws in Playing at Golf" were established by The Gentlemen Golfers of Edinburgh later known as "The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers". Thirteen rules comprised the original golf rules.

  • SOCIETY OF ST. ANDREWS GOLFERS FORMED

    Twenty-two men game together to form the Society of St. Andrews Golfers and played commenced on May 14, 1754

  • ROYAL & ANCIENT GOLF CLUB OF ST. ANDREWS

    In 1834 King Wiliam IV became St. Andrews patron. Given that the club gained royal status the second club to achieve that status. The first club that received the Royal status occurred a year earlier 1833 was Royal Perth Golf Club by the patronage of King William IV.