There is little doubt that golf owes its worldwide popularity today to the Scots. But whether the game was really a Scottish invention has long been a matter of dispute--specially since the story of its creation has never been backed up by anything more than rustic legends.
現代高爾夫運動拜蘇格蘭之賜普及各國殆無疑問，但高爾夫球是否真的創始於蘇格蘭，卻一直存在爭議。特別蘇格蘭發明高爾夫球的過程一直停留在鄉野奇譚。