Timeline of golf history (1851–1945) effect on the popularity of golf, as he is an indefatigable player and catalyzes great interest in the game through his writing and public speaking. Alexander H. Findlay, later to become the Father of American Golf, was the first in the world to score a 72 in competition for 18 holes at the Mercantile Golf Club in Montrose, Scotland. 1887 "The Art of Golf" by Sir Walter Simpson is published. The Quogue Field Club was founded in Quogue, New York. The original course had 18 holes, but after the Hurricane of 1938 the club lost 3 holes to the bay
Wiffle golf doubt. Because Wiffle Golf is played casually around the country (it is especially popular on college campuses), there is no one set of rules that govern every game of Wiffle golf. However, some of the most common rules appear below: Players must all use the same model of plastic ball for play. Popular models include traditional Wiffle brand balls (holes on just one side), training balls (holes everywhere), solid plastic balls with no holes, and Junkball brand balls. In the early stages of Wiffle Golf, Wiffle brand bats were traditionally used for all strokes. Today, it is not uncommon to