Golf has become an international sport and is played in South Africa as much as everywhere else. There are many golf courses and resorts in this country, and not only are these utilized by South Africans, they have also become a large draw for tourists.

Golf equipment was handcrafted and therefore expensive and therefore the preserve of the affluent. Once metal club heads and shafts and gutta percha balls (1848) began rolling off the production lines, the average person was able to afford to play golf. Both of these factors directly contributed to the phenomenal growth of golf.

The growth of golf as an organized competitive sport in the United Kingdom was paralleled abroad in India and the USA. The first international golf tournament was the Amateur Golf Championship of India and the East in 1893.

Golf was confirmed as a global sport when it was made an Olympic sport in 1900. The Professional Golfers Association (PGA) of America was formed in 1916 and initially consisted of a winter calendar. However by 1944 the tour was played throughout the year and consisted of 22 events.

The Americans and South African Gary Player dominated world golf during the 1970s. Only when Severiano Ballesteros won the British Open in 1979 and the US Masters in 1980, did the pendulum swing back in favor of the Europeans.

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Golf as we know it today originated from a game played on the eastern coast of Scotland in the Kingdom of Fife during the 15th century. Players would hit a pebble around a natural course of sand dunes, rabbit runs and tracks using a stick or primitive club.