| Since before the time Mary Queen of Scots was | | | | idea of the evolution of Golf into the game we know |
| disciplined for playing golf two Sundays after the | | | | today.16th century - Gold became established on the |
| murder of her husband Lord Dernley in 1567. Golf is | | | | east coast of Scotland and began to spread. Golf |
| known to have been played at St. Andrews before | | | | was played by James the VI before he acceded the |
| the founding of the university in 1411. It is a safe bet to | | | | throne as James the 1st did in 1603.1501 - James the IV |
| say that golf was played in some form or another as | | | | had his treasurer pay 14 Shillings to a bow-maker in |
| much as a century before this.Golf is the only game | | | | Perth to supply them with clubs. Golf became |
| whose objective it is to hit a ball across a course of | | | | associated with royalty, The Church, and education (i.e. |
| some kind that had sand traps, bunkers, and other | | | | St. Andrews)17th century Golf was pursued from the |
| obstacles to prevent you from accomplishing this. The | | | | south east to as far north as the Orkney Islands.1754 - |
| ball is balanced in mid-air and hit to another spot below | | | | The beginning of construction of new courses.1880 - |
| the ground.It was the Scots who introduced the golf | | | | The arrival of the gutter perch ball was a major |
| hole into the game. It was a national pastime more | | | | influence on the popularity of golf. Little has changed in |
| than four hundred years before Prince Charles fled | | | | the past 250 years.1925 - In Texas the Bark Hollow |
| Culloden in defeat at the hands of the English in 1513 at | | | | Golf Club becomes the first club with a complete |
| the Battle of Flodden Field.At Flodden the Scots were | | | | fairway irrigation system. The British Open is played |
| no match for the English in the first assault and were | | | | for the last time at Prestwick Golf Club. The Royal |
| defeated 50 years earlier. King James II banned the | | | | Canadian Golf Association makes a ruling that the use |
| game of Golf because he believed it was interfering | | | | of steel-shafted clubs is legal. They joined the United |
| with archery practice and he did this with a Scottish | | | | States Golf Association.1973 - Johnny Mailer shoots 63 |
| Act of Parliament. The first documented record makes | | | | at Oakmont Country Club to win the U.S. Open. Arnold |
| references to modern golf. James III also banned the | | | | Palmer wins the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic, his fifth |
| game in 1471.The origin of Golf is a mystery however | | | | win in the event and his 62nd win in the PGA |
| there is a few theories out there. | | | | Tour.1985 - Europeans win the Ryder's Cup for the |
| The first theory says that fisherman on their way | | | | first time in twenty-eight years.1995 - Ben Crenshaw |
| back from their boats would pick up a piece of | | | | won his second Master's. Tiger Woods wins second |
| driftwood and whack a pebble to see how far it would | | | | straight U.S. Amateur. The Golf Channel makes its |
| go. They would do this repeatedly until they reached | | | | debut in television.1997 - Tiger Woods in his first year |
| the river. | | | | Championship had a 12 stroke win at the Masters. |
| Golf is thought to have been played in Kirk Session | | | | Jack Nicklaus tees off at the US Open for his 150th |
| (Church Court). The only evidence of it is found in the | | | | consecutive major championship appearance.1999 - |
| sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. | | | | Aree Wongluekert (now known as Aree Song) wins |
| Golf is still a very popular game today. A time line is | | | | the Girls Junior Amateur. At 13 she is the youngest |
| presented below that will provide you with a general | | | | winner of the USGA Championship. |