| Are you looking for ways to impress your | | | | courses in the United States. Florida has the most |
| friends? Whether you're out on the links or just | | | | golf courses in America with about 1,100, followed |
| hanging at the local bar, golf facts can always | | | | by California at 950. The oldest public golf course |
| come in handy. Show clients you know your stuff | | | | in the United States is Van Cortlandt in New York |
| while entertaining them on the course, or | | | | City. It opened in 1895. The oldest known golf |
| intimidate your golfing rival with little known facts | | | | course in the world is The Old Links at |
| about the game. The following golf facts will put | | | | Musselburgh, Scotland, where golf has been played |
| you in the know. | | | | since 1672! |
| Our first golf facts are related to the invention of | | | | Our final set of golf facts have to do with all the |
| the game. Did you know that golf was first | | | | technical stuff. A golf ball must have a diameter |
| invented on the coast of Scotland in the 15th | | | | of no less than 42.67mm and may not exceed a |
| century? Although, it wasn't until 1774 that golf | | | | mass of 45.93g. All golf holes must be exactly |
| was actually played professionally the way it is | | | | 4.25 inches in diameter. A player can carry no |
| today. And when the rules were first written up, | | | | more than fourteen clubs when playing officially |
| there were only 13. | | | | by the rules (usually only enforced at professional |
| Our second set of golf facts have to do with | | | | tournaments). And did you know that four |
| courses. As of 2005, there were 32,000 golf | | | | strokes under par is called a "Condor"? |
| courses in the world with about 16,000 golf | | | | |