History of golf - Topics

Why do the R&A and the USGA still run the game together? Did golf really begin in Scotland or in the Netherlands? How did golf travel from Scottish links to America and Asia? How did eighteen holes become the standard round? Who was Old Tom Morris and why is he called the father of golf? The R&A World Golf Museum in St Andrews holds the sport's earliest surviving artifacts The 1457 Scottish ban on golf is the earliest dated entry most timelines can agree on Which dates in golf's early record are documented and which are club legends Why is the Old Course at St Andrews called the home of golf? 1930: Bobby Jones wins the Grand Slam in one calendar year Why are hickory-shafted clubs still played in some championships? Golf spread across the continents on the back of colonial administrators and railway hotels How did Ben Hogan win three majors in 1953 after a near-fatal car crash? Why did the gutta-percha ball change golf more than any rulebook did? Where does the word 'bogey' come from? How did St Andrews become the recognized home of golf? Why did the Church of Scotland once ban golf on Sundays? Why did golf explode in America only after the country club boom? How did the FedEx Cup change the shape of a tour season? How did women organize their own golf tournaments before equal prize money? How do you date a vintage golf club from the stamp on its sole? How much did a featherie ball cost compared with a week's wages? How has the Official World Golf Ranking formula changed since it began? How did the PGA Championship end up moving to May? What did golfers wear before synthetic fabrics and spiked shoes? Why did early courses have whatever number of holes the land allowed? How did the Open Championship grow from a local one-day contest? How did the post-war boom turn golf into a television sport? Where does the term 'birdie' come from?