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Golf history makes for wonderful and fascinating reading. It gives all golfers a sense of the enormous depth and tradition of our sport. Take a quick glance at the highlights of historical tidbits we have put together for your enjoyment.
1421-1592
A Scottish regiment aiding the French against the English at the Siege of Bauge is introduced to the game of chole (the probable antecedent of golf). Three identified players, Hugh Kennedy, Robert Stewart and John Smale, are credited with introducing the game in Scotland. (1421) Golf, along with football, is banned by the Scots Parliament of James II because it has interfered with military training for the wars against the English. (1457) The ban of golf is reaffirmed in the Parliaments of James III (1470) and James IV. (1491) After 43 years and with the signing of the Treaty of Glasgow between England and Scotland, the ban on golf is lifted. James IV makes the first recorded purchase of golf equipment, a set of clubs from a bow-maker in Perth, Scotland. (1502) The first commoner recorded as a golfer is Sir Robert Maule, described as playing on Barry Links (near the modern-day Carnoustie). (1527) The first recorded evidence of golf at St. Andrews. (1552) The Archbishop of St. Andrews issues a decree giving the local populace the right to play golf on the links at St. Andrews. (1553) Mary, Queen of Scots, seen playing golf shortly after the death of her husband Lord Darnley, is the first known female golfer. (1567) Golf is banned in the Blackfriars Yard, Glasgow. This is the earliest reference to golf in the west of Scotland. (1589) The City of Edinburgh bans golfing at Leith on Sunday "in tyme of sermonis." (1592)
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1981-1993
Nancy Lopez sets the LPGA 72-hole record with 268 in the Henredon Classic. (1985) The USGA introduces the Slope System to allow golfers to adjust their handicaps to allow for the relative difficulty of a golf course compared to players of their own ability. (1985) Square-grooved clubs such as the PING Eye2 irons are banned by the USGA, which claims that tests show the clubs give an unfair competitive advantage to PING customers. The PGA TOUR also bans the clubs in 1989. Karsten Manufacturing, maker of the clubs, fights a costly two-year battle with both the USGA and the PGA TOUR to have the ban rescinded after winning a temporary injunction. Eventually both organizations drop the ban, while Karsten acknowledges the right of the organizations to regulate equipment and pledges to make modifications to future designs. (1988) Curtis Strange wins the season-ending Nabisco Championships at Pebble Beach, and his $360,000 paycheck lifts his official 1988 TOUR earnings to $1,147,644, and thus he becomes the first player to win over $1,000,000 in a single season. (1988) Nick Faldo sinks a 100-foot birdie putt on the second hole at Augusta National in the Masters, the longest putt holed to date in a major tournament. Faldo goes on to win the Masters. (1988) Hall Thompson of Shoal Creek GC, on the eve of the PGA Championship at Shoal Creek, defends his club's policy of not admitting black members. Amidst a public outcry, Shoal Creek 1990 is forced to change its policy and the PGA TOUR and the USGA insist that in future all clubs submit to a standard set of guidelines on membership policies. Cypress Point Club and Aronimink, among others, decide they are unable to comply and withdraw from the professional tournament arena. (1990) Bill Blue resigns after a short reign as LPGA Commissioner. Charles Mecham is selected as his successor. (1990) Construction begins on Shadow Creek Golf Club, the most expensive golf course ever built, with cost estimates ranging from $35 to $60 million as Tom Fazio creates an oasis in the Las Vegas desert