Ryley's Blog

Hello, I am going to be talking about golf,I don’t play a lot but was always interested in it. Like why they shouted “FORRRRRR”and is it four, or for. Now I will explain a few things

Now four,fore (from what i looked up) has 2 origins. 1 stating that when a golfer hit a ball he would then yell “Fore-caddy” (later shortened to Fore) was a signal for the caddy to watch where the ball lands.
the 2nd one is to say when a golfer hits a ball he yells “Fore” to signal anyone near to watch out

Golf is said to be created in Scotland. Though there has been evidence that it was encouraged by stick and ball games in France, Germany and the Low Countries. When the game was in its early years it wasn’t played with iron clubs and golf balls, they started with wood sticks and pebbles. The golfers soon tired of hitting pebbles so they tried something new.
The earliest man-made golf balls included thin leather bags stuffed with feathers (they did not fly very far).
Later around 1848 the gutta-percha ball was invented by Reverend Adam Paterson.
The next ball to be invented was made by Coburn Haskell it was the first one-piece rubber cored, when professionally hit these balls reached distances approaching 430 yards.
Now the next ball is very close to modern day golf balls, it was a ball just like the modern golf ball, but without the dimples on it.
In 1905 we get to the modern golf ball the great man who invented the current ball was William Taylor

Now to the golf clubs, the first golfclub (looking almost like modern clubs
club was a full wooden stick. It started as wood, then to hikori, steal, then graphite, now there are plenty of other golf clubs with other materials, but i’m listing the common ones. The not so common ones I have seen had materials in them such as gold, titanium,small diamonds,small rubies and many others.
the looks stayed pretty much the same through the ages. (titanium isn’t really uncommon its just not as common as graphite iron etc…)

The word “tee” as it relates to the game of golf originated as the name for the area where a golfer played. In 1889, the first documented portable golf tee was patented by Scottish golfers William Bloxsom and Arthur Douglas. This golf tee was made from rubber and had three vertical rubber prongs that held the ball in place. However, it lay on the ground and did not piece (or pegged) the ground like modern golf tees
In 1892 a rubber tee with a metal spike and did pierce the ground. In 1897 the (almost) modern tee was invented it had a cup shaped top to better hold the golf ball.
During the 1880s, golf bags first came into use. “The beast of burden” is an old nickname for the caddie who carried golfers’ equipment for them. The first powered golf car appeared around 1962 and was invented by Merlin L. Halvorson. it is not certain, but historians believe that Mary, Queen of Scots, came up with the name “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.”

Traditional caddieing involves both the golfer and the caddie walking the course. The caddie is in charge of carrying the player’s bag and both the caddie and the golfer walk at the same pace. This is the most common method used in golf clubs and is the only method allowed in the PGA (Professional Golf Association) and LPGA (Ladies Professional Golf Association).
Fore-caddieing is a type of caddieing where the caddie is always ahead of the golfer, marking their shots where they land. The caddie will start out a hole by running to the landing spot of their golfer’s tee shot. The job of the caddie is to mark the ball with a towel, stick, etc.so that the golfer does not have to waste time searching for it. If the hole is long and requires multiple shots before the golfer can reach the “green” (the putting surface at the end of each hole), then the fore-caddie will go ahead to the next landing area and mark his/her golfer’s ball until the ball reaches the green. Once the golfer is on the green, the fore-caddie maintains regular caddie duties like raking sand traps and taking the pin out of the cup. After the golfer is finished putting on the green, the fore-caddie returns to his/her duties and heads out to the next hole’s landing spot. This routine continues for the remainder of the course. The main purpose of this type of caddieing is to let the golfers ride in carts if they are unable to walk the course with a caddie.
Cart-caddieing, a type of fore-caddying, consists of a caddie driving a cart for the entire round of golf. The main job of the caddie is to drive ahead of the walking golfer and mark their ball before they get there. Getting to the ball first, the caddie can determine what type of shot the golfer should play.

Here are some interesting things about golf (like the most expensive golf clubs, or a diamond golf club)

Currently, the most expensive set of golf clubs in production are the Five Stars made by HONMA, a Japanese club manufacturer. The company constructs its custom clubs out of platinum and gold. A full, custom 14-piece set of these expensive clubs costs $32,000.

The most expensive golf course is SHADOW CREEK GOLF COURSE, LAS VEGAS ($500)
This spectacular desert oasis designed by Tom Fazio is reserved mainly for the high rollers staying at the city’s MGM Mirage properties. It has been ranked as high as No. 27 in Golf Digest’s ranking of America’s 100 Greatest Golf courses

The most expensive golf ball in the world is a ball I would put it in a shadow box and never lose. It is the Dixon Fire eco-golfball a pack of 12 balls cost $74.95 which is around $6 a ball.