Golf In America Even Older Than First Thought

A hat tip to Luke Kerr-Dineen for a fun Tommy Braswell story in the Post and Courier of Charleston on a University of Edinburgh find suggesting the first golf clubs and balls were shipped to America in 1739, not 1743 as first thought.

To put that date in perspective, Kerr-Dineen points out:

The first train was nearly 100 years away from being conceived, the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews was 15 years away from being founded and George Washington was just 7 years old.

The "First Shipment of Golf Clubs to America" inspired this print in 1990.

They don't ship 'em like they used to!