Golf Portal - Golf originated in Scotland and has been played for at least five
centuries in the British Isles. The oldest course in the world is
The Old Links at Musselburgh. Golf, in essentially the form we
know it today, has been played on Scotland's Musselburgh Links
since 1672, and earlier versions of the game had been played in
the British Isles and the low-countries of Northern Europe for
several centuries before that. Although often viewed as an elite
pastime, golf is an increasingly popular sport that can be played
for one's entire life.