According to the British-published book The Encyclopaedia of Golf, golf first appeared in Scotland around 1319. It became so popular that even military men became tirelessly absorbed in the game.
根據英國出版的《高爾夫百科全書》記載，高爾夫約在一三一九年左右成為蘇格蘭人的休閒活動，連軍人武士都樂此不彼。