INTERESTING FACT
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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the past nine presedents loved golf except 4 1
leslie at at 07:44AM, Mar 27th 2008.
The game if golf is Egyptian in origin. Not Dutch or Scottish.
Rob at at 10:09AM, Apr 8th 2009.
women shouldn`t be allowed to play! Too flamin slow, and talk too much!
paul at at 03:43PM, Jan 3rd 2011.
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