# Origins in Scotland · Golf Level 9: Master

Golf · Level 9: Master · Insporta Book (https://book.insporta.app/golf/level-9/origins-in-scotland/)

Origins in Scotland in Golf (Level 9: Master) on Insporta: 40 sourced facts behind 4 tests. Covers: early records; st andrews and the r&a; and more.

Where golf began: early records and royal bans, St Andrews and the R&A, the first clubs, and the feathery era.

## Test 1: Early records

- Golf and football were 'utterly cried down'. (Source: Golf histories (R&A and USGA museums; World Golf Hall of Fame; club histories))
- Archers were needed against the English. (Source: Golf histories (R&A and USGA museums; World Golf Hall of Fame; club histories))
- From a bow-maker in Perth. (Source: Golf histories (R&A and USGA museums; World Golf Hall of Fame; club histories))
- She was said to have played at Seton. (Source: Golf histories (R&A and USGA museums; World Golf Hall of Fame; club histories))
- Played with a stick and ball, sometimes on ice. (Source: Golf histories (R&A and USGA museums; World Golf Hall of Fame; club histories))
- Written for a competition at Leith. (Source: Golf histories (R&A and USGA museums; World Golf Hall of Fame; club histories))
- Later the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers. (Source: Golf histories (R&A and USGA museums; World Golf Hall of Fame; club histories))
- 1457, 1502 and 1744. (Source: Golf histories (R&A and USGA museums; World Golf Hall of Fame; club histories))
- 1457, 1567 and 1603. (Source: Golf histories (R&A and USGA museums; World Golf Hall of Fame; club histories))
- The oldest known written rules. (Source: Golf histories (R&A and USGA museums; World Golf Hall of Fame; club histories))

## Test 2: St Andrews and the R&A

- Ten years after the Leith golfers. (Source: Golf histories (R&A and USGA museums; World Golf Hall of Fame; club histories))
- In 1834. (Source: Golf histories (R&A and USGA museums; World Golf Hall of Fame; club histories))
- Four short holes were merged into two. (Source: Golf histories (R&A and USGA museums; World Golf Hall of Fame; club histories))
- Other clubs followed the home of golf. (Source: Golf histories (R&A and USGA museums; World Golf Hall of Fame; club histories))
- Built in 1854. (Source: Golf histories (R&A and USGA museums; World Golf Hall of Fame; club histories))
- The club itself remains a private members' club. (Source: Golf histories (R&A and USGA museums; World Golf Hall of Fame; club histories))
- Seven of them, with two flags each. (Source: Golf histories (R&A and USGA museums; World Golf Hall of Fame; club histories))
- 1754, 1764 and 1834. (Source: Golf histories (R&A and USGA museums; World Golf Hall of Fame; club histories))
- 1854, 1873 and 2004. (Source: Golf histories (R&A and USGA museums; World Golf Hall of Fame; club histories))
- Seven greens on the Old Course are shared. (Source: Golf histories (R&A and USGA museums; World Golf Hall of Fame; club histories))

## Test 3: The first clubs

- It began as the Gentlemen Golfers of Leith. (Source: Golf histories (R&A and USGA museums; World Golf Hall of Fame; club histories))
- It moved there in 1891. (Source: Golf histories (R&A and USGA museums; World Golf Hall of Fame; club histories))
- Its 12-hole course hosted the first twelve Opens. (Source: The Open Championship records (The R&A))
- Its nine holes lie inside a racecourse. (Source: Golf histories (R&A and USGA museums; World Golf Hall of Fame; club histories))
- It claims roots going back to 1608. (Source: Golf histories (R&A and USGA museums; World Golf Hall of Fame; club histories))
- Now the Royal Calcutta Golf Club. (Source: Golf histories (R&A and USGA museums; World Golf Hall of Fame; club histories))
- Founded in 1856 by Scots wintering there. (Source: Golf histories (R&A and USGA museums; World Golf Hall of Fame; club histories))
- 1744, 1754, 1829 and 1856. (Source: Golf histories (R&A and USGA museums; World Golf Hall of Fame; club histories))
- Scotland 1744, England 1766, India 1829, France 1856. (Source: Golf histories (R&A and USGA museums; World Golf Hall of Fame; club histories))
- It hosted six Opens between 1874 and 1889. (Source: Golf histories (R&A and USGA museums; World Golf Hall of Fame; club histories))

## Test 4: The feathery era

- A soggy feathery could also split. (Source: Golf histories (R&A and USGA museums; World Golf Hall of Fame; club histories))
- A maker might finish only a few a day. (Source: Golf histories (R&A and USGA museums; World Golf Hall of Fame; club histories))
- Wood-working skills were needed for shafts and heads. (Source: Golf histories (R&A and USGA museums; World Golf Hall of Fame; club histories))
- A St Andrews ball-maker; Old Tom worked for him. (Source: Golf histories (R&A and USGA museums; World Golf Hall of Fame; club histories))
- A likely root of the shout 'Fore!'. (Source: Golf histories (R&A and USGA museums; World Golf Hall of Fame; club histories))
- Possibly via Mary, Queen of Scots' French court. (Source: Golf histories (R&A and USGA museums; World Golf Hall of Fame; club histories))
- 'Baffing' meant striking the ground to loft the ball. (Source: Golf histories (R&A and USGA museums; World Golf Hall of Fame; club histories))
- Drying feathers expand while the leather shrinks. (Source: Golf histories (R&A and USGA museums; World Golf Hall of Fame; club histories))
- 1815, 1821 and 1851. (Source: Golf histories (R&A and USGA museums; World Golf Hall of Fame; club histories))
- Used until about 1850. (Source: Golf histories (R&A and USGA museums; World Golf Hall of Fame; club histories))

Sources: Golf histories and museum records (R&A, USGA, World Golf Hall of Fame), Open and major championship records, PGA Tour and LPGA records; only settled facts used as keys; original questions authored, nothing reproduced.

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