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Rated: E · Book · Educational · #2105953
One hundred facts that are interesting but ultimately useless.
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#901966 added January 12, 2017 at 3:23am
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"Golf"
"Golf"
- etymology -

​​​​​​The word "golf" is popularly said to be an acronym of the phrase, "Gentlemen Only, Ladies Forbidden". This is actually a relatively modern backronym (an acronym created for a word that already exists). The actual origin of "golf" is uncertain, with primary theories being the Dutch word "colf" ("club" or "mallet") or the Scots word "gowfe" ("to strike" or "to cuff").


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