The game of Golf as we know it originated from a game played in the Scottish Kingdom of Fife during the 15th century. Wonder is my ancestors played, they did not leave Fife until the mid-1670′s. The game players would hit a pebble around a natural course of sand dunes, rabbit runs and tracks using a stick or primitive club aiming for a hole.
In the mid-15th century, Scotland was preparing to defend itself against an English invasion. The Scottish population had a real enthusiastic enjoyment of golf to the neglect of military training. This caused the Scottish parliament of King James II to ban Golf in 1457. Ban are they crazy. The ban on Golf was in place until 1502, but the ban was largely ignored. In the year 1502 the Treaty of Glasgow lifted the ban on Golf. At the time King James IV (James 1 of England) took part in playing golf.
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