Origins of golf
How Origins Of Golf Shaped Modern Golf
How golf's early habits still influence course design, etiquette, equipment, and competition.
Old ideas in modern clothes
The modern game still carries links DNA. Play the ball as it lies. Respect the ground. Count every stroke. Let weather be part of the test. Even manicured parkland courses borrow the old strategic idea that the safest line and the shortest line are not always the same.
What carried forward
- Etiquette as a form of pace and respect.
- Handicaps as a way for different abilities to compete.
- Rules that try to make odd situations fair.
- Courses that reward imagination as well as power.