How Many of These Fascinating Golf Facts Did You Know?

Are you an avid golfer? You may be able to walk the walk, but can you talk the talk? Here are a few interesting golf facts you probably didn?t know.

• The term ?caddy? comes from the French word for student ? ?cadet?
• The odds of making two holes-in-one during a single game of golf is one in 67 million.
• Sitting 14,335 feet above sea level at its lowest point, the Tactu Golf Club in Peru is the highest 18-hole golf course in the world.
• Lou Kretlow achieved the longest hole-in-one in March of 1961 at the Lake Hefner golf course in Oklahoma City. It was 427 yards.
• A regulation golf ball has 336 dimples.
• An 18-hole golf course is standard.
• According to the official rules, a player is only allowed to have a maximum of 14 clubs in his bag at one time during a stipulated round.
• The first golf club shafts were made of hazel or ash wood while the heads were made from the wood of fruit trees.
• The first golf balls were made out of thin leather tightly packed with feathers. These feather balls were used all the way up until 1848.
• Golf was invented in Scotland more than 500 years ago.
• King Games II banned golf in Scotland between 1457 and 1502 so that citizens would focus their time and effort on preparing for an English invasion instead of playing golf.
• The word ?birdie? originated from an American player named Ab Smith. In 1899 he hit what he described as a ?bird of a shot.?
• The first ever women?s golf tournament was held at Musselburgh on New Year?s Day in 1811.
• The famous golfer Arnold Palmer, nicknamed ?The King,? won a total of 95 professional tournaments.
• The first official golf club was The Gentlemen Golfers of Leith, established in 1744.
• The youngest golfer to ever make a hole-in-one was 5 year old Coby Orr. He achieved this title in 1975 in Littleton, Colorado.
• Tiger Woods was eight years old when he scored his first hole-in-one.

So, how many of these fun facts did you already know? If you love to play golf, find out more about the fascinating history of the sport.
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