Scotland has the highest number of golf clubs per capita

Modern day golf was invented during the year 1457 in Scotland

The word “caddy” comes from the French word for student, “cadet”, which is pronounced cad-DAY

Until the early 20th century the dimples on a golf ball went outwards

A regulation golf ball has 336 dimples

Contrary to popular belief, the word golf is not an acronym for "gentlemen only, ladies forbidden". In fact, in the 15th century the spelling was "gowf"