MICHEAL JORDAN UP IN SMOKE

San Francisco is a progressive city, and as with, things like smoking don't go over real well with a segment of the population. So when a San Francisco administrator spotted someone smoking a cigar on public property, well, he hit the roof. Never mind that the "someone" was Michael Jordan and the public property was Harding Park Golf Course, the host of the Presidents Cup.

Calling MJ "Spare the Air Jordan" (ha! you see what he did there? clever!), Recreation and Park general manager Phil Ginsburg told the San Francisco Chronicle that he's already sent an email to the PGA Tour that this will not stand. "It was sort of a gentle nudge reminding them that smoking is illegal, and that we would appreciate their support."
Of course, that didn't stop this from turning into a full-scale CigarGate, with everyone from Jordan to Stewart Cink weighing in on the pros and cons of lighting up a stogie.

The violation of city rules comes with a $100 fine, so I'm thinking Jordan could smoke enough to give the entire city cancer and still be just fine.

Jordan violates city rules on smoking

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PARK CITY, UT – A restaurant manager won a million dollars by hitting a hole in one!

Jason Hargett participated in the Mark Eaton Celebrity Golf Tournament, despite almost not going due to a sore wrist. After qualifying in a special competition, Hargett became one of three to try for a million dollars.

All he had to do was make a hole-in-one, an incredibly difficult shot even for a pro.

See what happened below:

birdie leaves Price alone in front at 3M Championship

BLAINE, Minn. (AP) -- Nick Price birdied the final hole Saturday as part of a 4-under 68, and has a one-shot lead after the second round of the Champions Tour's 3M Championship.

Price, who won the Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am in April, barely missed his 45-foot eagle try before tapping in and moving to 11-under 133.

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Gene Jones (68) and Andy Bean (69), a co-leader with Price after round one, both parred the final hole and are tied for second. The trio will be grouped together again for Sunday's final round.

Bernhard Langer (68) is two shots back, and Scott Hoch (69) and Tom Kite (67) trail by three strokes.

Jones, who has yet to win in two years on the tour, was never in trouble as he played a bogey-free round to put him in contention at the TPC Twin Cities for the second straight year. He was second on the back nine last year before a bogey, double-bogey, par finish dropped him to fourth.

After an opening-round 73, Steve Thomas shot the day's low round, an 8-under 64 to get within four shots. It's his best score on tour this year.

Defending champion R.W. Eaks shot 71 and is eight shots back.

TIGER WOODS TAKES THE LEAD IN AT&T GOLF

World No. 1 player Tiger Woods of the United States has a one-stroke lead over Australian Rod Pampling headed into the third round of theoutside Washington. Woods overcame a shaky start to take the lead early Friday.

Friday did not start well for Tiger Woods. After shooting par on his first hole, he bogeyed the second hole of his round. However, Woods was able to recover and shoot five birdies in a round of 4-under-par 66. The No. 1 player is 10-under-par 130. Tiger said afterward that patient play was the key to his score. "You know that's how you are able to keep yourself in the golf tournament. I made a couple of key putts. Played well early, lost it there in the middle part of the round and then hit some good shots coming in," he said.

Pampling shot a 6-under-par 64 in his second round and is nine-under-par 131 for the tournament.

Defending champion Anthony Kim of the United States is in third place at eight-under-par. Kim shot an even par 70 Friday and said after the round he was not concerned with Tiger's score, he was playing to win. "I know he's obviously the best player in the world. We're all out here trying to beat everyone's brains out whether it's Tiger or Jim (Furyk) or Davis (Love III). So I had my hands full with my game, so I wasn't too worried about what he was doing," he said.

The tournament is being played on the Congressional Country Club's Blue Course in Bethesda, Maryland. It is one of the last U.S. PGA Tour events before the British Open tees off at Turnberry, in Scotland July 16.

TIGER WOODS Wins Memorial Tournament

Tiger Woods birdied the final two holes of the Memorial Tournament to secure his 67th title on the U.S. PGA Tour and his fourth win at the tournament hosted by Jack Nicklaus.

Woods, who’s No. 1 in the Official World Golf Ranking, shot a 7-under-par 65 at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio, for a four-round total of 12-under 276, one less than Jim Furyk.

Woods will go into the U.S. Open, where he’ll be chasing a 15th major win, after his second victory in seven starts this year. The tournament, which he won last year before undergoing season-ending knee surgery, begins June 18 at Bethpage State Park’s Black Course in Farmingdale, New York. Woods won the last time the Open visited there, in 2002.

“This is how you have to hit it to win the U.S. Open,” Woods, who collected $1.08 million, told reporters after overcoming a four-shot deficit in the final round. “You have to hit the ball well all weekend.”

It’s the 20th time the 33-year-old Woods has won on the world’s richest golf circuit after trailing through three rounds. The last time he managed the feat was in his other win this season, at the Arnold Palmer Invitational on March 29, when he trailed Sean O’Hair by five shots going into the last day and won by one.

Woods found all 14 fairways today, after landing on the last four yesterday. It’s his best streak by that measure since 2003.

“The driving this week was nice,” he told CBS. “It was coming, it was just a matter of time and I finally put it together.”

Early Birdies

Woods, who began the day four shots behind third-round leaders Matt Bettencourt and Mark Wilson, pulled within one shot of the duo with three birdies in the first five holes.

After making another birdie at the par-5 seventh to go into a five-way tie for the lead at 9-under, Woods bogeyed the eighth to leave rookie Bettencourt, Wilson, Jonathan Byrd and Geoff Ogilvy in the lead.

Moments later, Byrd took a two-shot lead when his 82-yard (75 meter) wedge at the seventh landed eight feet beyond the flag and spun briskly back into the cup for eagle.

Woods closed the gap with a flop shot into the cup from ankle-length greenside rough at the 11th for his second eagle at the hole in as many days.

“You couldn’t ask for a worse lie,” he said. “It was just gnarly.”

A birdie at the par-3 11th gave 31-year-old Byrd a two-shot lead, while Furyk holed from four feet for birdie at the 12th to move into a tie with Woods for second place at 10-under.

Quadruple Bogey

As Ogilvy’s chances of winning disappeared with a quadruple bogey at the 14th hole, Woods tied Byrd for the lead with a tap- in birdie at the par-5 15th after Byrd bogeyed the 13th.

Woods found himself in an outright one-shot lead over Davis Love III and Furyk when Byrd dropped back to 9-under with a double bogey at No. 14. Love climbed the leaderboard with back- to-back birdies at the 13th and 14th holes before closing with a bogey at the 17th and triple bogey at the last.

Woods failed to make par from a greenside bunker at the 16th to drop back into a tie for the lead with Love at 10-under and Furyk joined them with birdies at the 11th and 12th. Byrd also moved to 10-under with a birdie at the par-5 15th.

From 173 yards at No. 17, Woods dropped a 9-iron approach shot nine feet from the pin and pointed his forefinger at the cup as his birdie putt dropped in to give him a one-shot lead.

At the last, he made sure of victory when he left his 186- yard approach a foot from the cup to set up the seventh birdie of his round.

The PGA Tour continues June 11 with the St. Jude Classic at the TPC Southwind in Memphis.

PHIL MICKELSON'S WIFE DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Phil Mickelson's wife, Amy, has been diagnosed with breast cancer, and the three-time major champion said Wednesday he will suspend his PGA Tour schedule indefinitely.

According to a release from Mickelson's management company, his wife was to have more tests but begin treatment with major surgery as early as the next two weeks.

Mickelson, the No. 2 player in the world with 36 career PGA Tour victories, was to play in the Byron Nelson Championship this week before defending his title next week at Colonial. It was not certain if he would return in time for the U.S. Open from June 18-21 in New York, where he was the runner-up to Tiger Woods in 2002 and is beloved by golf fans.

TONY ROMMO FAILS TO QUALIFY!!!!!

Cowboys QB reportedly in running until triple-bogey on 16th hole

Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo failed in his bid to qualify for the HP Byron Nelson Championship golf tournament on Tuesday, according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

The newspaper reported that Romo was at plus-2, a score that would have put him in the tournament, when he triple-bogeyed the 16th hole to end his hopes.

He finished with a 7-over-par 79.

Romo also had a triple-bogey on the same hole on Monday in U.S. Open sectional qualifying.

AFTER THE FIRST ROUND TIGER IS STILL IN THE WOODS

After the first round the leaderboard at the Players Championship reads Crane, Mallinger, Johnson, Cejka and Byrd. It's only the first round, yes, but the PGA Tour really wants to have a major championship of its own, seeing how it doesn't run any of the true majors, and it can't convince anyone with Crane, Mallinger, Johnson, Cejka and Byrd.Woods went early in the day, shooting 1-under, 71, in what looked at the time like the definition of mediocre on a hard course. Was the round more frustrating or disappointing? For me it was very disappointing. I am a Tiger woods fan and to see him finish the first round 1-under, 71, dissappointing is an understatement.
Now back to golf, enough about me.Woods said. "I hit the ball well enough to -- this is probably the highest score I could have shot today, and I didn't get a whole lot out of my round today. That's the way it goes."But as the day went on, and other scores came in, Woods' day was reframed into something that was doing a slow swirl down the toilet bowl. Thirty-eighth place. Mickelson was in 79th, at 1-over, 73. Ben Crane, the leader, shot 65.

NEW SWING COACH FOR TIGER????? NO !!!!!!!

CHARLOTTE — Tiger Woods is not — he repeats — not looking for a new swing coach to replace Hank Haney.

"That's complete speculation," Woods said Wednesday on the eve of the Quail Hollow Championship, his first tourn0ament on the PGA Tour since finishing in a tie for sixth at The Masters.

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It was at Augusta National following the third round when the world's No. 1 player and winner of four green jackets let fly with a verbal barrage about his swing, his putting stroke and his inability to finish off his first three rounds at The Masters. Directly within earshot was Haney, who has been Woods' coach since 2002, and caddie Stevie Williams.

The ensuing days brought rumors that Woods was looking to fire Haney and find a new coach, especially after Woods said he played pretty well considering he had a "Band-Aid" swing the entire tournament.

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"It has nothing to do with Henry (Haney)," Woods said. "I didn't hit the ball the way I wanted to and I didn't make any putts. I felt like that every day. It was 17 and 18 that hurt. I didn't finish off my rounds the last couple days, and it cost me a chance to win the golf tournament."

It won't cost him his relationship with Haney, Woods said. Instead of finding a new coach, Woods would like to find some time now and then to "vent" outside of the public eye after disappointing rounds.

"Usually, you just leave me alone, let me vent for a while, and then I'll be ready to focus on what I need to do to get ready for the next day," said Woods, who has three top-10 finishes including a win in his last three starts. "It's happened before, (Haney's) seen it before, Stevie has seen it. You've got to vent. We don't get a chance to do that because we come off the green, we do media right away.

"You're constantly on, and I just need to vent for just a little bit. Give me five minutes, 10 minutes, and once that's over, it's what do we need to do to get ready to win this golf tournament the next day."

GOLF ON THE EDGE BOOK REVIEW

Greg Norman made headlines a few months ago when he suggested that professional golfers should take a pay cut in light of the financial crisis we’re in. While it may appear inappropriate that a tournament winner will take home a million dollars for a four day tournament while thousands of people are losing jobs and savings due to a near collapse of our financial system, it’s important to remember that for every millionaire on the tour there are thousands of professional golfers who struggle and fight for every single dollar and who are losing money for every tournament they play in. “Golf On The Edge” is the book about these golfers.

THE AUTHOR

“Golf On The Edge” was written by English sportswriter and journalist (and The Golf Space member) Ross Biddiscombe. Ross has been a journalist and writer for over 30 years, working for major daily newspapers such as The Guardian and The Independent and golf publications like Golf Monthly and Today’s Golfer. He’s a single-digit handicapper, a long time Tampa Bay Bucs fan and marathon runner.

THE BOOK

“Golf On The Edge” chronicles one year in the life of seven golfers as they’re preparing to play in the European Q-school at the end of the year. The seven candidates approach Q-school from very diverse backgrounds, from having struggled on the tour last year and having to qualify to being a long time PGA Professional who decides to pursue the dream of a PGA card. Some are young, some are old. Some have been at the top and have fallen down and some have no idea what it takes to bridge the gap between missing the cut and taking a cut out of the winners’ purse.

Each chapter in the book covers one month in the lives of the seven players, and it provides an intimate and honest view into the lives of the players who don’t have the big endorsement contracts and who are covered in the big golf magazines. They’re on the edge of making it, on the edge of making their finances go around, and on the edge of making it big, but they’re also on the edge of sanity and on the edge of risking everything in the pursuit of their dream.

The mental aspects of these golfers’ quest for a tour card is discussed in excruciating detail, and the helplessness they feel when things go against them is covered in painful candor. How do you tell your wife, who’s been supporting your pursuit of the dream for four years, that you want to try it one more year, and that this year it will be different? How do you tell your parents, or your sponsors, or your girlfriend, to get into a hole with you with no guarantees whatsoever that you will be able to get out?

The book concludes with a detailed review of how the players do at Q-School, and it’s an interesting look deep inside the incredible pressure involved in this tournament. Many would argue that the pressure of winning a tournament when you already have your own jet is nothing compared to the pressure of Q-school, where the losers return home with less than nothing, an little more than a job laying tiles waiting for them.

Fifteen years from now, we may well look back on 2009 as the year that golf's next great wave of talent first took the stage. We've already seen Rory McIlroy and Ryo Ishikawa debut, and this weekend at New Orleans, the fashion-forward Danny Lee makes his pro debut.

New Zealander Lee, who's all of 18 years old, already has etched his name into golf's record books; last summer, he became the youngest player ever to win the U.S. Amateur, supplanting a fella by the name of Woods. (T.J. Auclair points out an interesting sidelight: that victory gave Lee an automatic invitation to the Masters earlier this month, but if Lee had turned pro before Augusta, he would have forfeited the invitation. Colt Knost did exactly that in 2008. Lee missed the cut at Augusta, but still, he played.)

While it's impossible to predict how well any kid will do on the circuit -- see: Ty Tryon -- Lee has already demonstrated he's got some juice. Back in February, he won the Johnnie Walker Classic in Australia, an event sanctioned by several major tours. Sure, he's younger than some of the clubs in your bag, but he's already been through the publicity crucible, as has every young golfer at this point. Everybody assumes any rookie will go years before winning an event, but with guys like Lee and McIlroy -- who's lurked around the top 20 of almost every tournament he's played -- the next generation may be seizing control of the game faster than we expect.

PING PONG

Ping Golf, which has sponsored the Argentine for 15 years, has a tradition of giving a solid gold version of the putter used in major championship victories. This will be Cabrera’s second gold putter.

Ping founder Karsten Solheim long ago built a vault to store gold-plated replicas of every putter used in a tour victory, with the player also getting a gold-plated putter. When his son, John Solheim, took over as president in 1995, he put his own touch on tradition by awarding every major champion (male and female) a solid gold putter.

THE ELECTRONIC GOLF CADDY

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• The Golf Master is a pocket sized smart card that keeps your scorekeeping up to par.
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THE MASTER OF THE MASTERS

Who will win this years Masters Tournament? With a field of top notch players and former champions, this years Masters will be a exciting experience. So who will be your choice. I had to sound like a catch-phrase but I am cheering for Tiger Woods!! While history is still being written if Tiger Woods is the greatest player to play the game. However he is the greatest player of this lifetime. He is constantly being compared to Micheal Jordan. Just like "Jumpman", win, lose, or draw it is just magical to watch him play.

So who will be this years Master of the Masters? Stay tuned for this years 2009 Masters Tournament!


THE 2009 MASTER FIELD

Robert Allenby (Australia) (14, 16, 17, 18)

Stephen Ames (Canada) (14, 17, 18)

Stuart Appleby (Australia) (10, 14, 16, 17)

Aaron Baddeley (Australia) (17)

Briny Baird (16)
Angel Cabrera (Argentina) (2, 17)

Chad Campbell (14, 16)
Michael Campbell (New Zealand) (2)
Paul Casey (England) (10, 17, 18)

K.J. Choi (Korea) (14, 16, 17, 18)
Stewart Cink (10, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)

Tim Clark (South Africa) (16, 17, 18)
Fred Couples (1)
Ben Crenshaw (1)

Ben Curtis (13, 14, 16, 17, 18)

Luke Donald (England) (17, 18)

# Ken Duke (14, 16)

Ernie Els (South Africa) (14, 16, 17, 18)

# Ross Fisher (England) (17, 18)
Steve Flesch (10)
Raymond Floyd (1)

Jim Furyk (14, 16, 17, 18)
Sergio Garcia (Spain) (5, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18)

# Mathew Goggin (Australia) (18)
Retief Goosen (South Africa) (2, 15, 17, 18)
Todd Hamilton (3)

Soren Hansen (Denmark) (17)
Padraig Harrington (Ireland) (3, 4, 10, 14, 17, 18)

Dudley Hart (14, 16)
# Ryuji Imada (Japan) (14, 15, 16)
Trevor Immelman (South Africa) (1, 14, 16, 17, 18)

# Ryo Ishikawa (Japan)
Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spain) (10, 11, 17, 18)

# Dustin Johnson (15, 18)
Zach Johnson (1, 15, 17, 18)
Robert Karlsson (Sweden) (10, 11, 17, 18)

Shingo Katayama (Japan) (17, 18)

Martin Kaymer (Germany) (17, 18)
# Anthony Kim (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)

#* Drew Kittleson (6-B)

# Soren Kjeldsen (Denmark) (17, 18)

Bernhard Langer (Germany) (1)

#* Danny Lee (New Zealand) (6-A)

Justin Leonard (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)

Sandy Lyle (Scotland) (1)

Hunter Mahan (14, 16, 17)

Prayad Marksaeng (Thailand) (18)

Billy Mayfair (16)

Graeme McDowell (N. Ireland) (17, 18)

# Rory McIlroy (N. Ireland) (17, 18)

Rocco Mediate (11)

# John Merrick (11)
Phil Mickelson (1, 4, 5, 10, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
Larry Mize (1)
#* Jack Newman (8)

Greg Norman (Australia) (12)
Geoff Ogilvy (Australia) (2, 14, 15, 17, 18)
Sean O’Hair (10, 18)
Jose Maria Olazabal (Spain) (1)
Mark O’Meara (1)

# Louis Oosthuizen (S.Africa) (18)

Pat Perez (15, 18)
Kenny Perry (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)

Carl Pettersson (Sweden) (11, 14, 15, 16)
Gary Player (South Africa) (1)
Ian Poulter (England) (12, 17, 18)

# Alvaro Quiros (Spain) (18)

Chez Reavie (15)
Andres Romero (Argentina) (10, 16, 17, 18)

Justin Rose (England) (17, 18)

Rory Sabbatini (So. Africa) (17, 18)

#* Reinier Saxton (Holland) (7)
Adam Scott (Australia) (15, 17, 18)

Jeev Milkha Singh (India) (17, 18)
Vijay Singh (Fiji) (1, 4, 10, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
Brandt Snedeker (10)
Craig Stadler (1)
Henrik Stenson (Sweden) (12, 13, 17, 18)

Richard Sterne (South Africa) (17)

Steve Stricker (14, 16, 17, 18)

Kevin Sutherland (14, 16)

D.J. Trahan (11, 14, 16)

Camilo Villegas (Colombia) (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
Nick Watney (10, 15, 18)

Bubba Watson (16)

Tom Watson (1)
Boo Weekley (14, 15, 17)
Mike Weir (Canada) (1, 14, 16, 17, 18)

# Lin Wen-Tang (Chinese Taipei (17)

Lee Westwood (England) (10, 11, 17, 18)

# Oliver Wilson (England) (17, 18)

#* Steve Wilson (9)
Tiger Woods (1, 2, 3, 4, 10, 14, 17, 18)
Ian Woosnam (Wales) (1)

Y.E. Yang (Korea) (15)
Fuzzy Zoeller (1)

# Denotes first Masters * Denotes Amateur

Past champions not playing: Tommy Aaron, Severiano Ballesteros, Jack Burke Jr., Billy Casper, Charles Coody,Nick Faldo, Doug Ford, Bob Goalby, Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer

To see how they qualified click read more…

Number after each name indicates the basis of qualification. The Masters Committee, at its discretion, also invites international players not otherwise qualified.
1. Masters Tournament Champions (Lifetime)
2. US Open Champions (Honorary, non-competing after five years)
3. British Open Champions (Honorary, non-competing after five years)
4. PGA Champions (Honorary, non-competing after five years)
5. Winners of The Players Championship (2007 and 2008)
6. Current US Amateur Champion (6-A) (Honorary, non-competing after one year) and the runner-up (6-B) to the current US Amateur Champion
7. Current British Amateur Champion (Honorary, non-competing after one year)
8. Current US Amateur Public Links Champion
9. Current US Mid-Amateur Champion
10. The first 16 players, including ties, in the 2008 Masters Tournament
11. The first 8 players, including ties, in the 2008 US Open Championship
12. The first 4 players, including ties, in the 2008 British Open Championship
13. The first 4 players, including ties, in the 2008 PGA Championship
14. The 30 leaders on the Final Official PGA Tour Money List for 2008
15. Winners of PGA Tour events that award a full-point allocation for the season-ending Tour Championship, from previous Masters to current Masters
16. Those qualifying for the season-ending 2008 Tour Championship
17. The 50 leaders on the Final Official World Golf Ranking for 2008
18. The 50 leaders on the Official World Golf Ranking published during the week prior to the 2009 Masters Tournament.

The Electronic Caddy, Golf f0r 2009!!

THE GOLF CADDY

cad·die (kad'e) n., pl. -dies

1. One hired to serve as an attendant to a golfer, especially by carrying the golf clubs.

2. Any of various devices for moving, carrying, or holding an item or collection of items, especially:

a. A lightweight, freestanding rack designed to hold accessories.

In golf, a caddie (or caddy) is the person who carries a player's bag, and gives insightful advice and moral support. A caddie is aware of the challenges and obstacles of the golf course being played, along with the best strategy in playing it. This includes knowing overall yardage, pin placements and club selection.

History of the Caddie

Rrecords are not certain, but historians believe that Mary, Queen of Scots, came up with the term "caddie" in the late 16th century. Mary grew up in France where military cadets carried golf clubs for royalty. It is possible that Mary brought the custom to Scotland, where the term evolved into the word "caddie."
Alternatively, the word "caddie" may have originated from the Malay word 'kati'. Kati is a measure for tea leaves and is printed on boxes used to carry and collect the tea leaves, hence its use in terms reflecting carrying and collecting.
Also, the word may have originated from the Welsh term "cad", which is a "battle", "contest", or "test", such as the Cad Goddeau.

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HE'S GREEEEAAAAAAT!!!!!!!! TIGER WOODS

In his third start since undergoing his reconstructive knee surgery. Tiger Woods silenced his critic with a 18th hole Birdie for the win at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. This is Tiger's 6th win at the Arnold Palmer Invitational.

WILL TIGER WIN

Tiger Woods never stops his drive to be the best. He bogeys on 18th hole in the third round!!!!!!

GOLF THE ALL AMERICAN GAME

Golf originated in America by Arnold Palmer, right?
NO!
Golf as we know it emerged in Scotland. The earliest known reference to golf comes from King James II of Scotland, in 1457, he issued a ban on golf. The game of golf continued to develop in Scotland over the decades and centuries, until 1744 when the first-known rules of golf were put down in writing in Edinburgh. So the Scots "invented" golf? Kinda sorta, historicl evidence shows that the Scots had other influence. The USGA Museum states games played in the British Isles during the Middle Ages, had derived from games that were played in France, Germany and the Low Countries.
The etymology of the word "golf" itself. "Golf" derives from the Scots terms "golve" or "goff," which themselves evolved from the medieval Dutch term "kolf."
The Dutch term "kolf" meant "club". The Dutch in the 14th Century played a game in which balls were struck by sticks that were curved at the bottom, moving from Point A to Point B. Sounds a lot like hockey, sounds like golf, too! The Dutch and Scots were trading partners, the word "golf" evolved after being transported by the Dutch to the Scots. This adds creditability to the idea that the game itself may have been adapted by the Scots from the earlier Dutch game.
The Scots made a singular improvement to the game. They dug a hole in the ground, and made getting the ball into that hole the object of the game.