Many golf terms stretch back centuries, and contested origins are common. Here is a history of some of golf's most ...

While golf has been played for more than 600 years, the earliest known written rules for the game date from 1744. This early code of “Articles & Laws in Playing at Golf” (known today as the “13 ...

Jun 10, 2025 Jun 10, 2025 Updated Jun 10, 2025 To follow the history of golf at The Broadmoor is to follow the rise of one of the game’s most legendary sites. And it’s to follow the rise of some of ...

February in the Hudson Valley is no golfer’s idea of paradise. Unless, perhaps, you’re Scottish. When the temperature hit 50 degrees in late February 1888 — downright balmy in the Highlands — John ...

The 1925 U.S. Open held at Worcester Country Club is known mainly for golfing legend Bobby Jones calling a penalty stroke on himself that ended up costing him the championship. But there’s a much more ...

Golf season is here again, which means it’s the perfect time to dive into reads on the history of the sport, famed golfers, and how to improve your own game. The 125th U.S. Open Championship is ...

More iconic than some sporting competitions are the ways they signify their winners, whether that’s caps for footballers playing for their country, the yellow jersey for the leader and overall winner ...

The Philadelphia Cricket Club's Wissahickon Course is more than a century old. It opened on the Fourth of July in 1922. This week, it hosts the Truist Championship, one of the PGA Tour's Signature ...

The rich history of golf’s oldest championship is as much about the venues as the champions, and Bob Harig lists all of them. The walk across the Swilcan Bridge to the 18th at St. Andrews is one of ...

The plaque, installed by the Ulster History Circle, was revealed yesterday at the Ladies’ Clubhouse of the Royal Portrush Golf Club — the site where May, as a teenager, achieved one of her most ...