When and where was golf originated? That is a questionable question, historians believe the game of golf started in 1457. James the II of Scotland proclaimed the playing of "futeball" and "gouf", a version of golf, was forbidden. This was done because skilled archers were distracted from fighting the war between England Scotland. In 1501, golf was allowed to be played. Kings and Lords began to play games together for fun and as a sign of peace. In 1604, a Royal Club Maker was appointed, which who made clubs for Scotland and England. Various games of golf were being played, gouf and goff evolved into an organized sport of "golf".

Golf as an organized sport is dedicated to the Honorable Company of Edinburgh, which is often recognized as the first and foremost, organized golf club. This club was established in 1744 and constructed the first written rules of the game. Eventually, in 1754, the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of Saint Andrews was founded, then known as the Society of Saint Andrew’s Golfers. This club was the leader in setting golf rules and standards, as a standard round of 18 holes. With rules changing so did the balls, the feathery developed into the gutty, in 1848. The gutty was a solid ball made of a rubbery substance, called gutta-percha, which was replaced by the rubber corded ball in 1898, by the U.S. Golfer, Coburn Haskell. The sport of golf spread rapidly, very much so, Scotland and England and even parts of the British Commonwealth. To North America where the first organized North American Golf Club was established in 1873, called the Royal Montreal.

It is controversial over what was the first United States existing organized golf club. The candidates are the oldest; the Saint Andrews Golf Club in Hastings, Hudson; Foxburg Country Club in Foxburg, Pa.; and more. All claim they were founded in the 1880’s. With popularity growing associations were found; the United States Golf Association (also known as the Amateur Golf Association of the United States) was founded in 1894, which served as the ruling body of golf in the U.S. In 1951, the U.S.G.A. and the United Kingdom’s Royal and Ancient Golf Club of Saint Andrews agreed to jointly interpret rules of golf.

Professional golf Didn’t make its rise until 1916, which was formed by the American professional golfers formed the P.G.A. Until then, amateur golfers dominated/ruled the sport, esp. Bobby Jones. But great pros such as, Walter Hagen, made golf a major sport of the P.G.A. (American Professional Tour, then) in 1920, and became stable in the 1930’s. This movement was lead by such golfers as Ben Hogan, Byron Nelson, and Sam Snead. Prize money averaged less than $10,000 per tournament, until W.W.II. ended in 1945, when they raised it to $12,000. As the tour grew in the U.S., the P.G.A. tour was the biggest and the richest in the world, by 1990, there was 47 tournament with prize money of $131,000,000.

Women’s golf developed in 1900 through the 1920’s, British rather than the U.S. amateurs dominated the sport. Joyce Wethered was the top British Player in the 1920’s, consider being the greatest player in history. Only by the 1930’s, United States women golfers had become important. International interest in omen’s professional golf developed after W.W.I.I.  The L.P.G.A. Tour began in 1950 with 2 events, 145,000 dollars in prize money. Patty Berg and Didrikson Zaharias turned pro and became leaders of the L.P.G.A.  As the L.P.G.A. developed in the 1990’s prized money reached $36 million, and star of the L.P.G.A were from Australia to Britain.

Golf today is an obsessive sport. United States golfers dominated golf globally until the late 1970’s, when other countries began to emerge. These golfers included Greg Norman of Australia, Ballesteros of Span, Langer of West Germany, and Flado of the United Kingdom. Pro Tours developed outside of the U.S., such as the European Tour, South African Tour, Japanese Tour, Asian Tour, and the Australia and the New Zealand Tour. Top golfers of the time were Tom Watson, Lee Trevino, Ray Floyd, and Fussy Zoeller. In 1980, the P.G.A. Tour started the Senior Tour for player at least 50yrs old. Not only were seniors recognized, a tour also the Nike Tour and Buy.Com Tour. In the 90’s the Senior Tour had 45 events with $50 million of prize money and the Nike Tour with 30 events and $7.5 million of prize money. The tour changed dramatically when Tiger Woods came, and made the game look easy.