The history of golf are actually unclear and debated. But it is generally accepted that modern golf developed from Scotland. It was a game played on the eastern coast in an area close to the Edinburgh, the royal capital.

Older record of golf dates back to the time of Julius Caesar during the Roman empire. It was not like the golf the way we play today, but it was a similar game called paganica. They played the game by striking a feather-stuffed ball with club-shaped tree branches.

The paganica spread throughout Europe during the 1st century BC as the Roman conquered much of the Blue continent. Other historians trace the sport back to a game played in China during the Ming dynasty (1368-1644) called chuiwan. But neither theory is convincing.

So far, the most reliable history of golf can be traced back to Scotland in 1457. King James II of Scotland outlawed the game then as it detracted from the training for the military in 1491.

According to Maggie Lagle, a historian at the United States Golf Association, the word “golf” was derived from the Dutch kolf or kolve meaning “club”. But in Scottish dialect of the late 14th and early 15th century the Dutch term became goof or gouff. Then in the 16th century the word “golf” appeared like we know it today – from the golf.com website.