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Period: 300 BCE to 100 BCE
300 BCE CHINESE PLAYED "CH'UI WAN"
The Chinese in 2005 claimed that golf originated in China. -
Period: 100 BCE to 1100
PAGANICA: ROMAN GAME
Roman game of paganica, which involved using a bent stick to hit a wool- or feather-stuffed leather ball. -
Period: 1100 to 1300
1297 KOLVEN
Kolven or as later called "kolf" was played in confined areas of villages. Believed to be the origin of golf. -
Period: 1300 to 1500
1457 FIRST WRITTEN RECORD OF GOLF IN SCOTLAND
King James II in a declaration bans the sport on Sundays -
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1744 RULES OF GOLF
The rules were originally known as the 13 Articles and were implemented to govern the first Challenge for the Silver Club tournament played at Leith Links in Edinburgh, Scotland. -
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1754 SOCIETY OF ST. ANDREWS GOLFERS FORMED
Twenty-two men game together to form the Society of St. Andrews Golfers and played commenced on May 14, 1754 -
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1830 ROYAL & ANCIENT GOLF CLUB OF ST. ANDREWS
In 1834 King Wiliam IV became St. Andrews patron. Given that the club gained royal status the second club to achieve that status. The first club that received the Royal status occurred a year earlier 1833 was Royal Perth Golf Club by the patronage of King William IV.