(The Complete History of Golf – Part 3) In 1353 appears the first recorded reference to “CHOLE”, a popular cross country game being played in Northern France (where it was sometimes also called SOULE) and Belgium between the 13th and the 15th century. While chole players used wooden bended clubs and traditional leather filled balls, … Continue reading Chole, Pall Mall, Jeu de Mail and Kolven →

(Part 2: The early European History) It is generally agreed that the term golf was borrowed from Middle Dutch colf or colve (a stick or bat used in a ball game called kolven), and that it were the Scots who added the unique element to the game that differentiates it from all other club-and-ball sports, … Continue reading The Complete History of Golf →