GOLF LANGUAGE
Golf, though it camo to England from Scotland, is not of Scottish origin. Look in tho “Encyclopaedia” and you will see that golf derives from the Dutch, word kolf, meaning “club.” If you go further into the matter' you will find, among terms commonly used by golfers all tho world over, other evidences of tho Dutch origin of the game. . “Putt,” for example. This word is not; as most people suppose, a corruption of tho common English word “put,” but has come down from the Dutch word putten, meaning to place in a holo. “Foro!” again, tho shout tltf.t one so often hears when a player, abput to drive, wishes to warn those in front. This is another distinctly Dutch word. It is really voor, and means “in front” or “in advance.”
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Dominion, Volume 16, Issue 154, 17 March 1923, Page 17
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134GOLF LANGUAGE Dominion, Volume 16, Issue 154, 17 March 1923, Page 17
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