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1552 – The first recorded evidence of golf at St. Andrews, Fife. 1553 – The Archbishop of St Andrews issues a decree giving the local populace the right to play golf on the links at St. Andrews. 1567 – Mary, Queen of Scots, seen playing golf at Seton Palace shortly after the death of her husband Lord Darnley, is the first known female ...
Alexander H. Findlay, later to become the Father of American Golf, was the first in the world to score a 72 in competition for 18 holes at the Mercantile Golf Club in Montrose, Scotland. 1887. The Art of Golf by Sir Walter Simpson is published. The Quogue Field Club was founded in Quogue, New York. The original course had 18 holes, but after ...
Golf began to spread across the rest of the British Isles. In 1864, the golf course at the resort of Westward Ho! became the first new club in England since Blackheath, [42] and the following year London Scottish Golf Club was founded on Wimbledon Common. In 1880 England had 12 courses, rising to 50 in 1887 and over 1000 by 1914. [43]
Mildred "Babe" Zaharias becomes the first American to win the British Ladies Amateur, at Gullane. Golf is televised for the first time, in a local St. Louis telecast of the U.S. Open. Lew Worsham wins a playoff for the U.S. Open against Sam Snead. The playoff ends in controversy as Worsham asks officials to measure which ball is closest to the ...
Alexander Hamburg "Alex" Findlay (April 21, 1866 – April 16, 1942) was a Scottish-American golf course architect, professional golfer, golf club maker, and promoter of the game of golf in the United States of America. Findlay was the manager of the golf department at Wright & Ditson Sporting Goods store in Boston, Massachusetts.
The United States Golf Association has about 10,000 club members and courses.The organization is responsible for the Rules of Golf together with the British-based R&A.. The USGA conducts national championships open to professionals: the U.S. Open (since 1895), U.S. Women's Open (since 1946), U.S. Senior Open (since 1980), and U.S. Senior Women's Open (since 2018), as well as national ...
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Charles Blair Macdonald (November 14, 1855 – April 21, 1939) was a major figure in early American golf.He built the first 18-hole course in the United States, was a driving force in the founding of the United States Golf Association, won the first U.S. Amateur championship, and later built some of the most influential golf courses in the United States, to the extent that he is considered the ...