What's so difficult about golf? Some people think golf is just about hitting a ball into a hole. But they don't know that it's much more complicated than that. The golfer must know how to hit the ball with the right amount of power and the appropriate club. The game we know today as golf originated in Scotland and has been played for several hundred years ("History" para. 6). Historians have actually traced the game back to a game that Romans called Paginica where players hit a ball made of wool or feathers (Goodner para. 3). Before golf was actually a real sport, it had many names, one of those names being gowf (“History” para. 4). Some other names for golf were Chole, Kolven, Golfe, Golve, but golf ultimately decided to settle on golf ("History" para.1). In the early years of golf, players hit a leather ball stuffed with feathers with a wooden club (“The Early” para. 2). In golf, a player must hit a ball from a tee to the designated area or hole in a certain number of shots and with a variety of clubs, otherwise he will lose (Goodner para. 1). Additionally, the player who puts his ball in the hole in fewer strokes wins (Goodner para. 1). For a time, golf balls were made from wooden balls before being filled with feather balls (Goodner para. 30). Surprisingly, some matches even extended from one village to another (“History” para. 2). The game of golf from 1848 to 1852 saw many major events, which took the game from local status to global status (“History” par. 10). Some of the earliest styles of golf developed in the Netherlands and then in Scotland (Goodner, paragraph 1). Even most beginners know that golf, to some extent, originated in Scotland (“The Early,” paragraph 2). Because golf has become globalized, that doesn't mean places like... middle of paper ...... of the 1843 golf course which lasted 20 rounds, the players are Allan Robertson (winner) and Willie Dunn (“History: par. 8). The winner of the epic 20 round match family or Allan Robertsons family dates back to Thomas Buddo, a ball maker at St. Andrews (“History” para. 9). British-born professionals Jim Burnes and Jock Hutchinson played at St. Andrews and both played in the final match of the first PGA Championship” (“The PGA” para. 6). of the PGA (“The PGA” para. 6). Barnes won the PGA Championship again in 1919 (“The PGA” para. 7). tough times, but it came out with a name and an incredible game that will be around for many years and attract many players who will play the rest of their lives for fun or for competition..