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  2. History of golf - Wikipedia

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    The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews. The modern game of golf is generally considered to be a Scottish invention.A spokesman for The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews, one of the oldest Scottish golf organisations, said "Stick and ball games have been around for many centuries, but golf as we know it today, played over 18 holes, clearly originated in Scotland."

  3. Donald Ross (golf course architect) - Wikipedia

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    1977 (member page) Donald James Ross (November 23, 1872 – April 26, 1948) [1] was a professional golfer and golf course designer. Ross was born and raised in Scotland but moved to the United States as a young man. Ross designed dozens of courses across North America and is generally regarded as one of the top golf course designers of all time.

  4. Timeline of golf history (1851–1945) - Wikipedia

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    1894 The Otsego Golf Club, Springfield Center, New York, officially opened with 12 holes. Founded by Henry L. Wardwell and Leslie Pell-Clarke, the Otsego Golf Club has operated continuously since 1894 and is a nine-hole course today. Tacoma Golf Club is founded, the first golf club on the US Pacific Coast. 1895.

  5. Golf - Wikipedia

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    Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit a ball into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping with the varied terrains encountered on different courses is a key part of the game.

  6. List of golf courses designed by Donald Ross - Wikipedia

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    Avon Fields Golf Course, Cincinnati [5] Brookside Country Club, Canton - Brookside of Canton is a Don Ross design. Chillicothe Country Club, Chillicothe. Oakwood Club, Cleveland Heights (Course closed and turned into a shopping center) Scioto Country Club, Columbus. Dayton Country Club, Dayton.

  7. Golf course - Wikipedia

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    A golf course is the grounds on which the sport of golf is played. It consists of a series of holes, each consisting of a tee box, a fairway, the rough and other hazards, and a green with a cylindrical hole in the ground, known as a "cup". The cup holds a flagstick, known as a "pin". A standard round of golf consists of 18 holes, [1] and as ...

  8. John Henry Taylor - Wikipedia

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    John Henry "J.H." Taylor (19 March 1871 – 10 February 1963) was an English professional golfer and one of the pioneers of the modern game of golf. Taylor is considered to be one of the best golfers of all time. He was a significant golf course architect. Taylor helped to found the British PGA, the world's first, and became respected for his ...

  9. George Franklin Grant - Wikipedia

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    Tudor Elandor Grant. Golf tee patent, granted December 12, 1899. George Franklin Grant (September 15, 1846 – August 21, 1910) was the first African-American professor at Harvard. He was also a Boston dentist, and an inventor of an early composite golf tee made from wood and natural rubber (specifically, gutta-percha) tubing. [1][2]