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Playing Golf was outlawed by King James II of Scotland in 1457. The King thought his subjects were spending too much time golfing and ignoring their archery practice.

Beatrix Hoyt won the U.S. Women's Amateur in 1896 at the age of 16. She won the gold medal for stroke play 5 years in a row and retired from golf at age 20. Other than retiring at 20, what I found interesting were her winning scores for the 18 hole stroke play:
1896-95: 1897-108: 1898-92: 1899-97: 1900-94
Many amateurs today would like to shoot these scores, but they wouldn't come close to qualifying for the U.S. Amateur title.

The 1st U.S. Women's Amateur was won by Mrs. C.S. Brown in 1895. Mrs. Brown's 18 hole score of 132 was enough to clinch the victory.

Men have women golfers to thank for the golf bag.An English women's golf group, calling themselves Westward Ho!, invented the golf bag around 1870 to carry the increasing number of clubs needed to play. Before the bag was invented, players and caddies juggled up to six clubs in their hands or under their arms. Westward Ho!'s new invention could carry up to 12 clubs, and some of the other paraphernalia needed to play golf.

1938 BBC Television was the first Broadcast Company to cover a golf tournament, at Roehampton in Southwest London

1971 Alan Shepard, a commander of the Apollo 14 space mission, hit a golf ball on the moon with a specially constructed club similar to a 6 iron.

Many of the caddies in Japan are women. When a golfer finishes a round, their bag is put on a scale. The caddie is then paid according to how much weight they carried around the golf course.

Fifty is the minimum age for players on the Senior PGA tour. When the LPGA established their Seniors tour in 2000 forty-three was the chosen age for eligibility. Forty-three?
Players wanted forty and LPGA commissioner of the day, Ty Votaw, wanted forty-five. A compromise was reached.

Scotland 1491: a law is passed that not only fined and imprisoned anyone playing golf, but also imposed a fine and jail sentence for the property owner of the land that the violators were caught playing on.

By 1900 the United States had over 1000 golf courses. At the time, this was more courses than the rest of the world combined.

The first tee was patented in 1889 by W. Bloxom and A. Douglas in Scotland. Before this date mounded sand was used to elevate the ball.

The first tee patented in the United States was by Prosper L. Senat. His annulus-shaped device was made of paper or cardboard and doubled as a scorecard. I would think this would make playing in the rain very difficult.

William St. Clair formed a golf club in 1744, called "The Gentleman Golfers of Leith". Later the name was changed to "The Honorable Company of Edinburgh Golfers". For 45 years the clubs golf course consisted of 5 holes, until it bought a large plot of land in Musselburgh. The course is now known as Muirfield.

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