TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Golf A1 - Geisler, Paul R. A1 - Shamus, Eric A2 - Shamus, Eric A2 - Shamus, Jennifer PY - 2017 T2 - Sports Injury Prevention & Rehabilitation, 2e AB - To many modern golfers, St. Andrews, Scotland, is considered to be the birthplace and home of the game of golf. However, historians have been able to date the game’s origins to other European locations before the 15th century. In those days, a similar stick-and-ball game called paganica was played in Holland and France. Other historical records have shown that university students were playing this social game as early as 1415 in St. Andrews in Fife, Scotland. Origins aside, the game became popular in the early-15th century-Scotland and gained a large portion of its current shape, structure, and rules as a result of Scottish participation and infatuation. At that time, golf was mostly a game for the kings, queens, and noblemen, hence the reason for the familiar moniker, The Royal and Ancient Game.1 SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/19 UR - accessphysiotherapy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1142280672 ER -