| Since before the time Mary Queen of Scots was | | | | game we know today.16th century - Gold |
| disciplined for playing golf two Sundays after the | | | | became established on the east coast of Scotland |
| murder of her husband Lord Dernley in 1567. Golf | | | | and began to spread. Golf was played by James |
| is known to have been played at St. Andrews | | | | the VI before he acceded the throne as James |
| before the founding of the university in 1411. It is | | | | the 1st did in 1603.1501 - James the IV had his |
| a safe bet to say that golf was played in some | | | | treasurer pay 14 Shillings to a bow-maker in Perth |
| form or another as much as a century before | | | | to supply them with clubs. Golf became |
| this.Golf is the only game whose objective it is to | | | | associated with royalty, The Church, and |
| hit a ball across a course of some kind that had | | | | education (i.e. St. Andrews)17th century Golf was |
| sand traps, bunkers, and other obstacles to | | | | pursued from the south east to as far north as |
| prevent you from accomplishing this. The ball is | | | | the Orkney Islands.1754 - The beginning of |
| balanced in mid-air and hit to another spot below | | | | construction of new courses.1880 - The arrival of |
| the ground.It was the Scots who introduced the | | | | the gutter perch ball was a major influence on the |
| golf hole into the game. It was a national pastime | | | | popularity of golf. Little has changed in the past |
| more than four hundred years before Prince | | | | 250 years.1925 - In Texas the Bark Hollow Golf |
| Charles fled Culloden in defeat at the hands of the | | | | Club becomes the first club with a complete |
| English in 1513 at the Battle of Flodden Field.At | | | | fairway irrigation system. The British Open is |
| Flodden the Scots were no match for the English | | | | played for the last time at Prestwick Golf Club. |
| in the first assault and were defeated 50 years | | | | The Royal Canadian Golf Association makes a |
| earlier. King James II banned the game of Golf | | | | ruling that the use of steel-shafted clubs is legal. |
| because he believed it was interfering with | | | | They joined the United States Golf |
| archery practice and he did this with a Scottish | | | | Association.1973 - Johnny Mailer shoots 63 at |
| Act of Parliament. The first documented record | | | | Oakmont Country Club to win the U.S. Open. |
| makes references to modern golf. James III also | | | | Arnold Palmer wins the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic, |
| banned the game in 1471.The origin of Golf is a | | | | his fifth win in the event and his 62nd win in the |
| mystery however there is a few theories out | | | | PGA Tour.1985 - Europeans win the Ryder's Cup |
| there. | | | | for the first time in twenty-eight years.1995 - Ben |
| The first theory says that fisherman on their | | | | Crenshaw won his second Master's. Tiger Woods |
| way back from their boats would pick up a piece | | | | wins second straight U.S. Amateur. The Golf |
| of driftwood and whack a pebble to see how far | | | | Channel makes its debut in television.1997 - Tiger |
| it would go. They would do this repeatedly until | | | | Woods in his first year Championship had a 12 |
| they reached the river. | | | | stroke win at the Masters. Jack Nicklaus tees off |
| Golf is thought to have been played in Kirk | | | | at the US Open for his 150th consecutive major |
| Session (Church Court). The only evidence of it is | | | | championship appearance.1999 - Aree |
| found in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. | | | | Wongluekert (now known as Aree Song) wins the |
| Golf is still a very popular game today. A time | | | | Girls Junior Amateur. At 13 she is the youngest |
| line is presented below that will provide you with a | | | | winner of the USGA Championship. |
| general idea of the evolution of Golf into the | | | | |