History of Golf

Those who play golf hail it as a great game that's entertaining, frustrating and addictive, all at the same time. Today there is so much of stuff available around just general golf news and relating to its equipment, courses, golf travel news, and so on. However, when it comes to the history of golf, there isn't much reference data available. Even with all the success, money, fame and everything that's there in golf today, the history of golf is still not clear and is debatable. A segment of historians have linked golf to the ancient Roman game, paganica. In paganica players used to hit a leather ball that was stuffed from inside. It's also noted that players would use a slightly tilted stick to hit the ball. So the historians that subscribe to the idea of golf being a modern evolution of paganica, put forward the view that paganica was spread in different countries of Europe as the Romans of first century BC had conquered and ruled most part of Europe.

There are various other segments of historians, however, who accredit different games from history as being the precursors of the modern golf of today. Some historians believe that a Chinese game named chuiwan, Phil Mickelson that was played there between 14th and 17th centuries gradually evolved to become what is the golf of modern world. However this theory is not substantiated because modern golf's recorded existence dates back to early 17th century in Europe and so it offers little or no explanation of how the Chinese game of chuiwan was introduced to Europe without any proper mention. There are some other games that different segments of historians have associated with origin and history of golf such as cambuca which is an English game. A segment of historians is also known to have believed that the descent of golf is through chaugan which is a Persian game. Of all these theories and believes, though, the one that is most logical and is believed by the majority of historians is that golf actually originated in the 12th century Scotland.

Today golf is one of the most popular and successful games globally. There are proper magazines that cover golf news from around the world. So the success of the game has brought about new innovations in the game and some fads too. Going by various golf news sources, the latest of such golf fad seems to be golf travel. Golf travel is a trip during which a golfer plays multiple courses - usually a course per day - while traveling. This trend of golf travel offer double fun for golf lovers in that they get to play the game along with enjoying their travel. However, there are quite a few things that need to be taken care of while planning such golf travel trips,Orlando golf courses. Let's discuss some of these.