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Golf Lexique K

Kick: rebound made by the ball when it landed.

Kolven: name of a Dutch game from which the word golf would be derived.

This game, Royal and Ancient, was flourishing on the Scottish routes long before the stern reproach of Mary Queen of Scotland for having disrespectfully played at the Seton House Golf, shortly after the murder of her husband, Lord Darnley, in 1567. The golf was played in St-Andrews before the founding of its university in 1411, and there is enough evidence to believe that it existed in one form or another perhaps a century ago.

Although other nations, such as the French and the Dutch, claim the concept, the origin of the game is recorded in Scotland’s record books. The Dutch quoted the stick and Ball Game “Kolven” as proof of their request, the French The Mail game. In each case, the protagonists were treated as impostors because they lacked the component making golf unparalleled, the hole.

Golf Lexique K was last modified: January 11th, 2018 by Anis Hajeri

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