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Golf Ladies And Gentlemen

It is the internet myth that the name of the popular Scottish game Golf stands for "Gentlemen Only, Ladies Forbidden." The word golf originates form medieval Scottish and Dutch dialects. Back in a day before the creation of dictionaries, there was no standardized spelling of any given word. So it is believed that word golf originates from Dutch word "kolf" or "kolve" which meant "club." Later on old Scots dialect transformed the word into "gouf" or "golve ."


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leslie
the past nine presedents loved golf except 4 1
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leslie at 07:44AM, Mar 27th 2008.
Rob
The game if golf is Egyptian in origin. Not Dutch or Scottish.
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Rob at 10:09AM, Apr 8th 2009.

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