golf history

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    hickory used

    hickory imported for golf shafts
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    golf club

    the royal calcutta golf club is invented
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    ladies golf

    The north berwick club is founded fist to let ladies peticipate
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    links is born

    Company of Golfers abandons the deteriorating Leith Links And it is made
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    bombay

    royal bombay is founded
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    expastion

    many corses go from 5 holes to 7
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    Guttie ball

    invented by Rev. Adam Patterson
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    another golf corse

    Prestwick Golf Club is made
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    its harder

    A rule change that, in match play, the ball must be played down or the hole be conceded. It is the last recorded toughening of the rules structure.
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    how to do it

    first book on golf instruction is published
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    it all chanced

    Championship Meeting is changed to individual match play
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    amateur won it

    first Amateur Championship is won
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    book is published

    Art of Golf by Sir Walter Simpson is published
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    ladies

    Ladies' Golf Union is founded
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    ncaa

    The first NCAA championship is held
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    us and british

    the first golfer to win both the British and U.S. Opens.
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    world war

    The PGA Championship and the U.S. Open are discontinued for the duration of the First World War.
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    limits

    The R & A limits the size and weight of the ball.
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    west and east

    The West and East courses at Winged Foot Golf Club open for play
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    irrigation

    The first fairway irrigation system is developed in Dallas, Texas.