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Serge_A_Storms

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As an aside, someone told me the other day that Golf originally meant Gentlemen Only, Ladies Forbidden. No idea if there's any truth in it, but wouldn't be entirely surprised.


Load of bo!!ocks, but quite a common myth it would seem.


The medieval Dutch word "kolf" or "kolve" meant "club." It is believed that word passed to the Scots, whose old Scots dialect transformed the word into "golve," "gowl" or "gouf."


By the 16th Century, the word "golf" had emerged.


Sources: British Golf Museum, USGA Library

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