Golf is a club and ball sport in which players attempt to sink a ball into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible, scoring by stroke play (fewest total strokes) or match play (holes won). The modern game's codified origin is the 1744 rules of the Company of Gentlemen Golfers (later the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers) at Leith, Scotland, followed by the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews, founded 1754, whose 1764 decision to play its links in eighteen holes rather than twenty-two fixed the number every course now follows. The game's deeper ancestry is unresolved: some historians trace family resemblance to the Roman game paganica, the Chinese game chuiwan, or the Dutch game kolven, but no continuous line of descent from any of these to fifteenth-century Scottish golf is established, so the sport's antiquity beyond its Scottish codification remains a matter of resemblance rather than documented lineage. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Origin Year1744 marks the earliest surviving written rules, by the Company of Gentlemen Golfers at Leith; the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews, founded 1754, became the game's most influential later standardizer. Golf itself is attested informally in Scotland from the fifteenth century, and claimed but unproven resemblances to the Roman paganica, Chinese chuiwan and Dutch kolven push proposed antiquity earlier still with no documented continuity, so no single origin year is settled. Originating Region International Governing BodyThe rules of golf are jointly governed by The R&A (the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews' rules arm) and the United States Golf Association (USGA); the two bodies undertook a complete joint rewrite of the rules effective January 2019. 1 Identity
SymbolA club used to strike a ball into a series of holes on a course. 1 Classification
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Jack William Nicklaus (; born January 21, 1940), nicknamed "the Golden Bear", is an American retired professional golfer and golf course designer.
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Samuel Jackson Snead ( SNEED; May 27, 1912 - May 23, 2002) was an American professional golfer.
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Severiano Ballesteros Sota (9 April 1957 - 7 May 2011) was a Spanish professional golfer.
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including archery in 1972, tennis in 1988, curling in 1998, golf and rugby in 2016
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The 1900 Summer Olympics took place in Paris, France.
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Dart golf is a darts game based on the sport of golf
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Arnold Daniel Palmer (September 10, 1929, September 25, 2016) was an American professional golfer who is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most charismatic players in the sport's history.
Jason Day (Wikipedia)
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Jason Anthony Day (born 12 November 1987) is an Australian professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour, where he has won 13 times including the Players Championship in 2016 and the 2015 PGA Championship, his first major.
Ernie Els (Wikipedia)
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Theodore Ernest Els (; born 17 October 1969) is a South African professional golfer.
Angel Cabrera (Wikipedia)
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Ángel Leopoldo Cabrera (pronounced [ˈaŋxel kaˈβɾeɾa]; born 12 September 1969) is an Argentine professional golfer who has played on both the European Tour and PGA Tour.
Michelle Wie West (Wikipedia)
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Michelle Sung Wie West (née Wie ; born October 11, 1989) is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour.
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