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Why traditions are part and parcel of the game of golf

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Ever since golfers put club to ball, they sought to have some rules that governed the game. Undoubtedly, there must have been many versions of the rules and flavours of the game depending on where the game was played.

It was not until 1744 when the Gentlemen Golfers of Leith sat and wrote the original 13 Rules of Golf. These were adopted not just in Scotland but found their way across the golfing world.

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