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HISTORY OF GOLF One of the many legends regarding the origin of golf is about a simple herdsman who, while walking along riverside dunes, hit a spherical stone with his staff and accidentally rolled it into a rabbit hole. His friends liked this new pastime and joined him. Later on the stones were substituted by gutta-percha balls, rabbit holes with artificial ones, and staffs with specially designed clubs. Many countries claim to be the homeland of golf. For example, “Kolven” was very popular in Holland, but it was played on ice. Romans had the game “Paganica” similar to golf, which could have passed from them to Britain in 400 CE. The Chinese believe the ancient game “gui wan” widely