2006-11-25 23:41:11 · 9 answers · asked by ? 5 in Sports ➔ Golf
DOES anybody have evidence about the origins of this lame question? It seems that someone asks it at least once a week. If so, WHAT ???
2006-11-26 00:02:25 · answer #1 · answered by x-15a2 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Does it Stand for "Gentlemen Only, Ladies Forbidden"?
Did the word "golf" originate as an acronym for "gentlemen only, ladies forbidden"? That's a common old wives' tale. Or, in this case, more likely an old husband's tale.
No, "golf" is not an acronym for "gentlemen only, ladies forbidden." If you've ever heard that, forget it immediately. Better yet, find the person who told you and let them know it's not true.
Like most modern words, the word "golf" derives from older languages and dialects. In this case, the languages in question are medieval Dutch and old Scots.
The medieval Dutch word "kolf" or "kolve" meant "club." It is believed that word passed to the Scots, whose old Scots dialect transformed the word into "golve," "gowl" or "gouf."
By the 16th Century, the word "golf" had emerged.
2006-11-26 07:49:22 · answer #2 · answered by shogunly 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Golf is a very ancient game and the name is first used in print as early as 1457: There were many spellings of the word prior to definitive dictionary entries which came much later - goff, gowf, golf, goif, gof to name just a few. The unsupported idea that the word was formed from an acronym hardly explains how all the alternative spellings came into being.
2006-11-26 07:51:49 · answer #3 · answered by f0xymoron 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The word golf derives from older/medieval words in Dutch or old Scot.In medieval the Dutch word 'Kolf' or 'Kolve' meant club, and later,in the 16th century, through old Scot, the word Golf emerged.Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden is an old wives tale and isnt true!
2006-11-26 07:54:27 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
naaa, thats and old wives tale, the origin came from old Dutch and or Swedish name deriving from Kolven and Kolf.
As with most old happenings , they change over time and are rarely documented as to when they actually change.
Leon
2006-11-26 13:10:27 · answer #5 · answered by Ltgolf 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
from what i can find the scottish played a game called gowf and golf was supposed to be adapted from that
2006-11-26 07:45:50 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
SORRY, JUST THINK ITS A LOAD OF OLD BALLS ......
2006-11-27 04:11:50 · answer #7 · answered by andrewsgolf 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no
2006-11-26 13:21:25 · answer #8 · answered by Doug 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
here it is http://golf.about.com/cs/historyofgolf/a/hist_golfword.htm
2006-11-26 07:46:01 · answer #9 · answered by merlin2000666 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋