Welsh Golf » Adam Paterson http://www.welshgolf.org.uk Golf in Wales Fri, 08 Jan 2010 23:32:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 How Did Golf Get It’s Name? http://www.welshgolf.org.uk/how-did-golf-get-its-name/ http://www.welshgolf.org.uk/how-did-golf-get-its-name/#comments Fri, 08 Jan 2010 10:41:38 +0000 Caddy http://www.welshgolf.org.uk/?p=110
In Scotland, a new game was invented entitled: Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden….and thus the word GOLF entered into the English language. It’s funny but unfortunately has little evidence to support it. One theory is that golf came from ‘kolf’, which is Dutch for ’stick’ or ‘club’. That theory stems from the fact that golf was said to [...]]]> http://www.welshgolf.org.uk/how-did-golf-get-its-name/feed/ 1