By: urridiculass 12/09/2007 11:36 am Yahoo! Profile: urridiculass Did this message offend you? Sign in to report abuse |
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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!. |
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By: dancekitty27 12/09/2007 9:55 am Yahoo! Profile: dancekitty27 Did this message offend you? Sign in to report abuse |
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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 |
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By: klownsmaster 9/01/2007 3:59 pm Yahoo! Profile: klownsmaster Did this message offend you? Sign in to report abuse |
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| golf is golf and should be called golf. |
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By: terreahna 6/01/2007 2:32 pm Yahoo! Profile: terreahna Did this message offend you? Sign in to report abuse |
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| Who well say thanks mate come on Now it is 2007 not 1996 |
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By: tommo4pres 16/11/2006 11:49 am Yahoo! Profile: tommo4pres Did this message offend you? Sign in to report abuse |
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| a good walk ruined lol |
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By: reganhelen 7/11/2006 5:03 am Yahoo! Profile: reganhelen Did this message offend you? Sign in to report abuse |
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| Go On Laugh Fellas |
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By: darranpatrickstanners 5/11/2006 6:43 pm Yahoo! Profile: darranpatrickstanners Did this message offend you? Sign in to report abuse |
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| gentlemen omly iadies forbidden |
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By: darranpatrickstanners 5/11/2006 6:42 pm Yahoo! Profile: darranpatrickstanners Did this message offend you? Sign in to report abuse |
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| gentlemen omly iadies forbidden |
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By: booniejnr 4/11/2006 4:34 pm Yahoo! Profile: booniejnr Did this message offend you? Sign in to report abuse |
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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? |
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By: bbvbb03 15/06/2006 2:54 pm Yahoo! Profile: bbvbb03 Did this message offend you? Sign in to report abuse |
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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. |
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By: shaition 30/05/2006 11:35 pm Yahoo! Profile: shaition Did this message offend you? Sign in to report abuse |
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| you me and and all the golfers out there |
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By: mickygspot1 28/05/2006 8:20 am Yahoo! Profile: mickygspot1 Did this message offend you? Sign in to report abuse |
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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. |
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By: watermeloneasterhay 16/05/2006 12:36 pm Yahoo! Profile: watermeloneasterhay Did this message offend you? Sign in to report abuse |
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| thanks for the replies people. |
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By: brucejoseph1 5/05/2006 10:01 am Yahoo! Profile: brucejoseph1 Did this message offend you? Sign in to report abuse |
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| or 'Golf Is Mindless Pap' - GIMP |
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By: fitness_aholic 3/05/2006 12:14 pm Yahoo! Profile: fitness_aholic Did this message offend you? Sign in to report abuse |
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| I think it should be...Gentlemen only Ladies forever :-) |
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By: brucejoseph1 3/05/2006 11:59 am Yahoo! Profile: brucejoseph1 Did this message offend you? Sign in to report abuse |
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They should have called it OMIP
Old Men in Pringle |
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By: fitness_aholic 2/05/2006 5:29 pm Yahoo! Profile: fitness_aholic Did this message offend you? Sign in to report abuse |
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watermelon,
Your mate is spot on. Thats what it means. |
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By: barabaswasabrigand22 27/04/2006 7:35 am Yahoo! Profile: barabaswasabrigand22 Did this message offend you? Sign in to report abuse |
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| Thanks mate. |
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By: kip_johnson26 27/04/2006 7:28 am Yahoo! Profile: kip_johnson26 Did this message offend you? Sign in to report abuse |
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Well said barabas'
Kip |
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By: tigers_are_premiers 27/04/2006 1:54 am Yahoo! Profile: tigers_are_premiers Did this message offend you? Sign in to report abuse |
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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. |
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By: forcegolf 27/04/2006 1:37 am Yahoo! Profile: forcegolf Did this message offend you? Sign in to report abuse |
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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! |
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By: tigers_are_premiers 27/04/2006 1:12 am Yahoo! Profile: tigers_are_premiers Did this message offend you? Sign in to report abuse |
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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. |
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By: bswilson68 26/04/2006 12:39 pm Yahoo! Profile: bswilson68 Did this message offend you? Sign in to report abuse |
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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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