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By: urridiculass
12/09/2007
11:36 am

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<<thats not true there are some good women who play golf its not only a mans sport possibly football is but dis sint so shut up its not fair and u cant even spell>>

Kitty I agree with your point but criticizing someone for not being able to spell correctly when you obviously can't yourself makes you look like a goose or a gander in your case!.

By: dancekitty27
12/09/2007
9:55 am

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thats not true there are some good women who play golf its not only a mans sport possibly football is but dis sint so shut up its not fair and u cant even spell

By: klownsmaster
9/01/2007
3:59 pm

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golf is golf and should be called golf.

By: terreahna
6/01/2007
2:32 pm

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Who well say thanks mate come on Now it is 2007 not 1996

By: tommo4pres
16/11/2006
11:49 am

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a good walk ruined lol

By: reganhelen
7/11/2006
5:03 am

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Go On Laugh Fellas

By: darranpatrickstanners
5/11/2006
6:43 pm

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gentlemen omly iadies forbidden

By: darranpatrickstanners
5/11/2006
6:42 pm

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gentlemen omly iadies forbidden

By: booniejnr
4/11/2006
4:34 pm

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I can't believe you people! Scottish, Latin, Dutch and all kinds of sexist origins for the word GOLF.... It really is quite simple, just write the word backwards and you get "flog". Quite easy isn't it?

By: bbvbb03
15/06/2006
2:54 pm

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The word golf comes from the dutch word gowf an ancient game played on sand dunes and/or. ice hitting a ball or puck into a hole. Dutch traders brought the game to Scotland,where they played on the links at St Andrews.

By: shaition
30/05/2006
11:35 pm

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you me and and all the golfers out there

By: mickygspot1
28/05/2006
8:20 am

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For me this is what golf stands for.....Gone Over Left Fairway,.Yes that IS the true meaning of golf for me.Man o man you should see me hook a ball.

By: watermeloneasterhay
16/05/2006
12:36 pm

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thanks for the replies people.

By: brucejoseph1
5/05/2006
10:01 am

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or 'Golf Is Mindless Pap' - GIMP

By: fitness_aholic
3/05/2006
12:14 pm

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I think it should be...Gentlemen only Ladies forever :-)

By: brucejoseph1
3/05/2006
11:59 am

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They should have called it OMIP

Old Men in Pringle

By: fitness_aholic
2/05/2006
5:29 pm

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watermelon,

Your mate is spot on. Thats what it means.

By: barabaswasabrigand22
27/04/2006
7:35 am

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Thanks mate.

By: kip_johnson26
27/04/2006
7:28 am

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Well said barabas'

Kip

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27/04/2006
6:47 am

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27/04/2006
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By: tigers_are_premiers
27/04/2006
1:54 am

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Golf (and chole and kolf) are all presumed to have originally meant 'club'. Golf has also been associated with the German word for club 'kolbe', (Der Kolben). It is also probably related to the Dutch word and game 'kolven'.

In 1636, David Wedderburn used the word Baculus, which is Latin for 'club' as the title for his 'Vocabula', listing Latin terms for golf, which supports this derivation. The Vocabula contains the first clear mention of the golf hole, the essential element of modern links golf and is thus the first unambiguous proof of the existence of the game in Scotland.

By: forcegolf
27/04/2006
1:37 am

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The Dutch who many say invented the game, think that the word golf comes from the Dutch word 'kolf', which translated means club!

By: tigers_are_premiers
27/04/2006
1:12 am

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There is no universally accepted derivation for the word 'golf.' One of the most common misconceptions is that the word GOLF is an acronym for Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden. This at least is definitely not true.
Most people believe the old word 'gowfe' was the most common term, pronounced 'gouf'.

A minority of people hold the view that golf is a purely Scottish term, derived from Scots words 'golf', 'golfand' and 'golfing', which mean 'to strike' as in 'to cuff'.

It seems most likely that the terms golf, chole and kolf, which were the names for a variety of medieval stick and ball games in Britain and in continental Europe, are all derived from a common word of a pre-modern European language, following Grimm's grammatical law, which details the clear phonetic similarities of these words.

By: bswilson68
26/04/2006
12:39 pm

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The definition of golf seems to be universal! Here in the US I've heard all other 4 letter words are taken and Gentleman only ladies forbidden..
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