![]() The statement was with the weather being so nice for golf, playing golf helped to loosen their limbs. The crew of Willem Barentsz in 1597 was recorded by Gerrit de Veer’s diary as playing “golf” during their stay at the Nova Zembla. This would be considered the first known golf course. In 1389 the first course or field as it was called then was made due to the fact that playing within the city was too dangerous. The only exception would be to play the ball with a club outside of the town walls. ![]() This charter forbids any game to be played for money. The regent of the county of Holland, Zeeland, and Hainaut, Albrecht of Bavaria all sealed a charter for the city of Brielle in 1387. The offending person would pay a fine of 20 schillings or his overcoat would be taken. In Brussels around 1360 the council was said to have banned the game of golf. This ball game was played in the Low Countries. The earliest mention in Dutch would be around 1261 in which a poet Jacob van Maerlant’s Boeck Merlijn mentions a game of “mit ener coluen” (with a colf/kolf ). Some argue that in the 17th century in the Netherlands there was a game of putting a small ball in a hole with the winner being the one that used the fewer strokes, which could precede the game in Scotland. ![]() This was known as apocryphally, which is very similar to golf. The Dutch were recorded in 1297 as playing a game using a stick and leather ball. However, with more globalization of the sport, golf will be included in the 20 Olympic Games with the International Olympic Committee’s executive board passing the inclusion by a successful vote. In between most were failed attempts to include golf in the Olympics and was withdrawn. The national membership includes the following seven regional associations – Africa Golf Confederation, Americas Golf Association, Arab Golf Federation, Asia-Pacific Golf Confederation, Caribbean Golf Association, European Golf Association, and the South American Golf Federation.Īs an Olympic sport, golf was included last in 1904 with the United States and Canada being the only two competing countries. This federation was set up for the sole purpose of arranging international amateur competitions. They do not develop, maintain, or administer any rules of golf. They are headquartered in Lake Geneva in Lausanne, Switzerland. The IGF have Federation Members from over 126 countries. In 1958 the International Golf Federation (IGF) was founded and is recognized as the world’s governing body for golf. In the beginning golf was only affordable by the elite. It is estimated that probably over 200,000 golfers used these courses throughout the years. Starting out with one golf club and increasing to over 1,200. The English golfing boom existed from 1880- 1914 and grew at an impressive rate. This is what helped the spread of the game of golf to other countries. There is evidence that the Scottish soldiers, immigrants, and expatriates brought the game to the British colonies and other areas in the 18th and early 19th centuries. When James VI of Scotland became king of England in 1603, his son the Prince of Wales and his courtiers played golf at the Blackheath in London. However, not until the 19th century was it popular internationally spreading through the United Kingdom, the British Empire, then the United States. It is generally agreed that at least modern golf was developed in Scotland around the Middle Ages. There has always been a debate about the origins of golf.
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