| Being acquainted with golf is requires deeper approach than just passion for new types of sports. Golf is more up to atmospheric event with socialized special culture with high cultural traditions, aristocratic and esthetic. It is a separate culture that keeps its rich traditions, legends and history. Origin of golf is tied to such a legend – a shepherd, walking by seashore, had nothing to do and he hit a round stone with a stick and rolled it in a rabbit form. Then friends of him, who liked new game, joined him to play with. As time goes by, rabbit forms were changed to holes, stones to balls and sticks to golf clubs. Many countries are stated to be homeland of golf. There was very popular game in Holland, named kolven, though they played on ice instead of green field. People in France hit balls with special poles, competing, which made putt first. According to Professor Ling Honlin (Lanshou University, China), the Chinese played golf in 10th century A.D. already, it is proved by written sources of those period, where there are description and the rules of the game, called “Chuwan”. Players were equipped with a dozen of clubs; some of them were similar to present clubs, for example driver and wood. And this isn’t an end of legend, some time ago, a new facts were found - golf game is much older that it was used to think earlier. Romans carried in golf to England during the invasion that lasted till the 4th century A.D. The game was called “paganike”, and players kicked the small leather balls with bent clubs. But anyway, small Scotch town St. Andrews is considered to be homeland of classic golf. By the way, one can see a person with a club on one of stained-glass windows of the St. Andrew Cathedral. The beginning of official golf history, as the world goes, was the first written record that referred to 1457. King James prohibited golf because his soldiers were constantly playing it instead of mastering archery and other battle disciplines. This interdiction was expressed by act of Scotch parliament. In the middle of XVIII century, King Golf Club was found in St. Andrews; in 1754 the first golf rules were published. Those times, George II was King of Great Britain and Ireland, at the same time golf reached the south of Albion and a field with seven holes was built there. |
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History of Golf Games
