Blog · 6 posts
Golf History
The stories behind golf: famous holes and holes in one, the golf ball, pitch and putt, and where par, bogey and birdie came from.
- History Famous Golf Holes Every Golf Fan Should Know The most famous golf holes in the world, from the Road Hole at St Andrews to the island green at Sawgrass, and what makes each one so memorable. · 5 min read
- History Famous Holes in One: The Aces Golf Still Talks About Famous holes in one from golf history: Young Tom Morris in 1868, Gene Sarazen at 71, four aces on one hole at the 1989 US Open, and Tiger Woods in Phoenix. · 5 min read
- History Famous Par 3 Holes: Short Holes With Big Reputations The world's most famous par 3 holes, from the Postage Stamp at Royal Troon to Augusta's 12th and the Sawgrass island green, and why short holes are so hard. · 5 min read
- History History of Golf Scoring: Where Par, Bogey and Birdie Came From Where golf's scoring words came from: par borrowed from finance, bogey from a Victorian song, birdie from American slang, and why bogey now means one over par. · 5 min read
- History History of Pitch and Putt: How Short Golf Became Its Own Sport The history of pitch and putt, from Victorian short courses and seaside parks to an organised sport in Ireland and Europe, plus how it differs from golf. · 5 min read
- History History of the Golf Ball: Feathery, Gutty, Haskell and Modern The history of the golf ball in four eras: the hand-stitched feathery, the gutta-percha gutty, the rubber-cored Haskell and today's solid multi-layer ball. · 5 min read
Nine short holes. Irons, chips and putts.
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