Welcome to TSE: The Masters/US & British Opens/PGA ( Golf )
Ignoring the detractors...golf was
invented and introduced to the world by the Scots. In 1457 King James
II of Scotland ordered a ban on golf and soccer because it was, as he
said, interferring with military training, and later James III in 1471
and James IV in 1491 would follow suit on the ban of golf.
The first set of written rules was laid down in Edinburgh in 1744, and, for the most part, they are still the same basic rules applied today. In 1858 the Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews set new rules/guidelines on how many holes would be played ( 18 ), and by the 1870's it was considered the standard.
Annika Sorenstam Arnold Palmer Tiger Woods Patty Sheehan
The first set of written rules was laid down in Edinburgh in 1744, and, for the most part, they are still the same basic rules applied today. In 1858 the Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews set new rules/guidelines on how many holes would be played ( 18 ), and by the 1870's it was considered the standard.
Annika Sorenstam Arnold Palmer Tiger Woods Patty Sheehan
In 1829 at what is now called the
Royal Musselburgh Golf Club a hole cutter was invented which cut a hole
4.25 inches in diameter, and the lads at the Royal & Ancient Golf
Club of St. Andrews decided in 1891 that that size would become the
standard.
Like tennis, golf too would be suspended through the war years...of the three, then existing tournaments, the US Open and the PGA would suspend operations from 1917-18 and the Brits from 1915-19...and during World War 2 the US open from 1942-45, the PGA in 1943, the British Open from 1940-45, and the relatively new Masters Tournament from 1943-45.
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»Like tennis, golf too would be suspended through the war years...of the three, then existing tournaments, the US Open and the PGA would suspend operations from 1917-18 and the Brits from 1915-19...and during World War 2 the US open from 1942-45, the PGA in 1943, the British Open from 1940-45, and the relatively new Masters Tournament from 1943-45.
Tom Watson Mickey Wright Lee Trevino Jack Nicklaus
