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Think golf is just about quiet walks and tiny white balls? Think again! Test your knowledge on the surprising history, quirky rules, and famous moments of this global sport.
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While several European stick-and-ball games existed, Scotland is where the modern 18-hole game was born. In 1457, King James II actually banned golf because he believed young men were playing it instead of practicing their archery for national defense.
Photo: Attributed to William Mosman / Attributed to Jeremiah Davison, Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.
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Happy Gilmore, played by Adam Sandler, is a failed ice hockey player who discovers he has a powerful, slap-shot-style golf swing. The film popularized a running jump-swing that real golfers still occasionally try out for fun on the driving range.
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According to the official Rules of Golf, a player can carry a maximum of 14 clubs in their bag during a round. This rule was introduced in 1938 after some players carried more than 25 clubs, which slowed play and made caddies' bags very heavy.
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Winners of the prestigious Masters Tournament at Augusta National are awarded a famous green jacket. The tradition started in 1937 so that club members wearing the jackets would stand out to fans needing help. Winners only get to keep the jacket at home for one year before returning it.
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The Open Championship, often called the British Open, is the oldest golf tournament in the world, first played in 1860 at Prestwick Golf Club in Scotland. The winner receives the famous Claret Jug trophy, which was first awarded in 1873.
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The term comes from the French word 'cadet', which referred to young military officers who acted as messengers. Mary, Queen of Scots, who grew up in France, is believed to have brought the word to Scotland, where it eventually evolved to describe the people carrying golf clubs.
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In 1971, Apollo 14 astronaut Alan Shepard attached a six-iron golf club head to a folding sample-collection tool. He managed to strike two balls, which he claimed went for 'miles and miles' in the low lunar gravity. The club head was smuggled on board inside a sock.
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For centuries, the standard golf ball was a 'feathery'. It consisted of boiled goose or chicken feathers stuffed tightly inside a stitched leather pouch. As they dried, the feathers expanded and the leather shrank, creating a surprisingly hard ball. They were expensive and could easily burst.
Photo: Lotus Head from Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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A condor is one of the rarest achievements in sports, representing four strokes under par on a single hole. This is typically a hole-in-one on a par five. Only a handful have ever been recorded, usually by cutting the corner of a sharply bending hole.
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A hole-in-one, also called an ace, usually happens on short par-3 holes. For an average amateur the odds are roughly 1 in 12,500, so many golfers never make one in their whole life.
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