These arguments are not accidental, since the golf - a royal sport in his veins, of course, the blue blood flowing. Therefore, any country where any form of balls or cross natural barriers, ready to claim the status of ancestors of this game. Someone, for example, believes that golf is derived from the Danish game kolf, mention of which dates back to the end of the XIII century.
But fans of the first courses were undoubtedly the Scots. For him they were throwing work to improve archery, undermining national security, and stopped going to church. Therefore, in the XV century in Scotland there were laws prohibiting play golf on weekdays. Soon, due to the danger of invasion of England, the game was banned altogether. Only in 1502, King James IV legalized golf and he began to play it.
The first golf clubs were also formed in Scotland in the eighteenth century. They formulated a set of rules under which the event takes place. Finalized the rules established in 1754 Golf Club of St. Andrews. Accordingly, in Scotland, near Edinburgh, is the oldest golf golf - Light (Leith).
A little later, there were clubs in England that began to develop golf in their colonies, for example, it is worth noting Royal Club in Bombay. In the UK, in the middle of the XIX century there were professional players and hosted the first tournament British Open, which was attended by eight of the best golfers in the country.
Then it was difficult to assume that after years of professional players will earn millions. Today it is a fact. According to the latest ranking of Forbes highest paid athletes in the world top ten includes two American golfer - Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson. And Woods and did ten years in a row headed this rating. It speaks about the prestige of the golf course and finance that it's cool.