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The Dutch origin said
The Dutch always disagree with the statement that golf has originated in Scotland. They think the earliest golf was originated in Holland. The Dutch regards the "kolven", an ancient movement as the earliest golf, and they think this movement is through the merchandise trade between the two countries into Scotland. But, a lot of people do not agree with this statement. Critics point that the "kolven" is a kinda indoor sports, while the golf is an outdoor sports, and this is the most fundamental and substaintial distinction. Moreover, "kolven" movement of the ball to use bigger golf club and heavier golf than the average. What's more important is that the sport by use of stem has no Angle! So, people don't agree with that golf has originated in Holland.
Scottish origin said
The most popular of these is one of the old Scottish shepherd ran in grazing with a stick to a single round stone irruptive into wild rabbit hole. And inspired by this, people later invented a movement called Golf. Therefore, the word "Golf" first appeared in the documents in the Scottish parliament in the fourteenth century. This is only a parliamentary records recorded the statement, and identified by the most of the world golf lovers. And Saint Andrews is considered Golf Sanctuary! Every golfer's greatest wish is to be able to personally play a game of golf in Sanit Andrews. It's still the system organization of golf rules. All the big game rules must meet its basic requirements. Scottish origin is the most authoritative and most convincing saying!
Chinese origin said
Around three hundred years BC, China had a ball game aptly called "Beat Pill (have the ball on pills)", while between 27 B.C. and A.D. 395 from ancient Rome, there existed a ball game , which was made of a ball filled with feathers and a pervading struck. In the Ming dynasty, it's said that the royal family had a game called " beat pill" which was familiar whit the modern golf. It was described as the sport which stick the ball when walking in the course of sport. The reason for such statement because in our country still kept about this movement murals. This is also the only evidence that golf has originated in China.
French origin said
As we all know today, the history of this sport is exactly the record of the golf in Scotland. But in Europe there has some objection against this statement, mainly from French and Dutch. The Netherlands claimed their evidence was that their stem and ball movement were called "kolven";
France is "jeu DE E-mail."
But they have anything but the golf hole , the most simple element typical of the golf sport. Golf ball is driven on the pitch, and the pitch is distributed with obstacles, and these obstructions are designed to stop the ball from the starting point flying into the air, and then to another point forward , when the ball going into the hole and the game ends.
This is unique in golf.
Epilogue
It's documentarily recorded that the earliest club is "Les gentleman golfers," later in Edinburgh in 1744 becoming the "golfer honor company". At the time, the first golf was fixed in Edinburgh city council on gifts of silver cue. The first winner, John Rattray, was awarded the "golf princes" title. The winner of "Silver Cue" will become next year's "leader", a practice becoming tradition later.
That is why today the royal St Andrew's chief of ancient golf club chosen by the former leader committees in September will attend personally the club autumn MEDALS contest in the opening. In order to keep the winner being the leader in the traditional rulers. And the winner is the game's only entrant, once he hits the first lever, he will automatically become the winner. Cannon plangent marks the beginning of a medal race, the ball caddie who picked up and brought back the ball which hit by the winner was awarded a gold coin.
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