| Golf has been enjoyed by people around the | | | | declared the winner of this game. At some point |
| world for many centuries and is still very popular | | | | during approximately the seventeenth century the |
| to this day. Many people find themselves drawn | | | | small container evolved into the hole in the ground |
| to the game because of its casual yet intense | | | | that we are familiar with in today's game of golf. |
| level of one on one competition between the | | | | Throughout the nineteenth century there were |
| players. Some find it relaxing due to the breaks in | | | | several very significant innovations made to the |
| between each shot. Others like the sheer | | | | tools which are used in the game of golf. For |
| strategy involved in how to read the lay of the | | | | instance the rubber ball was introduced in 1898 by |
| land. | | | | a man named Coburn Haskell. This new rubber ball |
| The game offers spectators of the sport an | | | | featured a solid rubber core which had been |
| opportunity to enjoy being outdoors and actually | | | | tightly wrapped by a long, thin rubber string. This |
| following along as the players progress from one | | | | new ball made it possible to get an extra fifteen |
| hole to the next. There are many beautiful golf | | | | to twenty yards out of each stroke for many |
| courses which offer a vast array of pristine | | | | golfers. The previous golf balls had mostly been |
| scenery and the spectators are able to closely | | | | made from heated tree sap and then molded into |
| observe the players while enjoying the beautiful | | | | the shape of a ball. |
| surroundings of the course. | | | | In the year nineteen sixteen the PGA |
| The game of golf first originated in Scotland just | | | | (Professional Golfers Association), was founded. |
| about the twelfth century. It is a little blurry as to | | | | This new association would rise to oversee all the |
| the exact origins of the game, but it is accepted | | | | major golf tours within the United States of |
| that the game itself has undergone several | | | | America. In nineteen fifty the LPGA (Ladies |
| diverse changes throughout the years. It is | | | | Professional Golf Association), was founded and is |
| generally believed that the initial form of golf was | | | | now considered to be one of the most prominent |
| played with a medium length, yet very sturdy | | | | golf tours in the entire world for women golfers. |
| stick and a small sheep skin ball. The ball was | | | | The game of golf has a rich and very old history |
| believed to have been hit with these sticks in an | | | | which becomes slightly blurred due to the fact |
| effort to cause the ball to enter a small container | | | | that the game has been around for so many |
| which was placed upon a flat piece of ground. | | | | centuries. There have been many professional |
| The people playing this early form of the game | | | | players who have achieved outstanding levels of |
| would take turns, each person getting one shot | | | | excellence in their playing abilities over the years. |
| per turn, and the player who hit the ball into the | | | | This is just a brief history of golf as a sport which |
| container the greatest number of times was | | | | has remained so popular for such a long time. |