Golf, as we know it today, was born somewhere on the east coast of Scotland early in the fifteenth century. Some historians argue that golf originated in the Netherlands (the Dutch word kolf means “stick”), but the Romans had a game that used a curved stick and a ball made of feathers, which may have been the original source game.
Boom that reached both the King James II was forced to enact an Act in 1457 that put limits on their practice to prevent people from playing during that time should be spent practicing archery (the first written document in which refers to golf). However, the law was not very successful.
The Scots, however, ignored this and other similar laws and early sixteenth century, King James IV of Scotland, said the game of golf.
His granddaughter Mary, later Mary I Stuart, took the game to France, where he was educated. His assistants on the golf course were known as the Cadets ( ’students’), the term was adopted later in Scotland and England and became a caddy and caddy.
The first reference to golf in the town of St. Andrews historical data from 1552.
