| Well, who actually did invent the game of
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| | local townsfolk played four holes of the
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| Golf? The question has been asked and
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| | game to commemorate the relieving of the
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| argued for many years with no true
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| | Kronenburg Castle exactly one year
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| winner. Many countries have a valid claim
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| | before. The fact that colf was chosen to
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| to an early game that resembles the game
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| | mark the occasion is proof that the game
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| of golf. Some of the countries that make
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| | was already popular by that time.
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| this claim are England. Scotland, China,
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| | Great Britain The earliest traces of golf
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| Rome, France, The Netherlands, Belgium
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| | history has golf being played are said to
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| and Laos. The most heated debate over who
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| | date back to 1340, where in a sketch from
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| invented golf definitely comes from Great
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| | a stained glass window, the Great East
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| Britain and Scotland.
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| | Window, in the east wing of the
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| The first area to look when deciding the
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| | Gloucester Cathedral, England, scenes of
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| answer to our question must be what
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| | the Battle of Crecy in France showed a
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| actually determines when a game with
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| | man apparently preparing to strike a ball
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| sticks and balls is golf or another game.
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| | in a golf-like manner.
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| Most countries in the world have had
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| | One of the early forms of golf were all
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| games where you hit an object with a
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| | missing one important ingredient to their
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| stick at some sort of target. Is this
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| | games to truly make the game golf and
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| enough to be called golf, I don't think
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| | that was the hole. Scotland is widely
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| so. If so, then these early games could
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| | believed to be the first country to put
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| claim the origin of many sports played
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| | all the ingredients together and actually
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| today. I think it takes more than just a
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| | start a primitive form of the great game
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| game with some kind of object being hit
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| | of golf.
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| by a stick to qualify as the origin of
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| | Yes, this will always be a disputed
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| golf.
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| | point, who actually invented the game of
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| Holland is believed to be the origin of
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| | golf. If you believe some of the claims
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| the name of golf but not the actual game
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| | that the game they were playing was golf
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| itself. Holland played a game in the
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| | and they didn't have a hole, then you
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| 1200s called Colf, which means clubs.
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| | could take this same game and turn it
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| This was a form of golf but once again
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| | into the origin of many games we still
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| the form of many other sports.
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| | play today. I believe the hole is what
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| Colf has been traced back to Dec. 26,
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| | separates all the early claims to who
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| 1297, in the town of Loenen aan de Vecht
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| | originated the game of golf.
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| in northern Holland. On that day, the
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