MARK Twain, Oscar Wilde, William Gladstone, F. W. Payn, Sam Loates or Harry Leon Wilson famously once said that “Golf is a good walk spoiled”. But thousands of people across Britain – and millions more across the world – would disagree with whichever one of them lot it was who famously once said it. Because from GPs to surgeons, from solicitors to lawyers, from politicians to presidents, playing golf is a pastime beloved by everyone. Once the preserve of the rich, the sport is now accessible to anyone with a few thousand pounds to spare each year for club membership and a load of expensive gear. But however much you think you know about golf, there are a tremendous number of facts about the game that you’d be surprised to find out about. So let’s tee up…
1 THE GAME of golf was invented in the 17th century by Scottish landowner Robert Strathclyde, who would clear his immaculately kept lawn of fallen pine cones by whacking them as hard as he could with his upturned walking stick. He dragged this around with him in a two-wheeled cart, trying to get the cones to land in a small bucket with a flag in it, which he had placed in a hole in the ground.
2 GOLF is not only a popular sport, it is also a model of Volkswagen car, was the name of a popular chocolate biscuit, and is the title of a magazine… incredibly about golf! What are the chances of that?
3 THE WORD “golf” is also used to signify the letter ‘G’ in the phonetic alphabet…
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