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waybomb

waybomb

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So there's something sent to me about golf.

Why 18 holes? Why not 16, 20, or whatever?

Alegedly, in the 1800s in Scotland, it was decided that since a fifth of scotch held 18 shots, it would be proper for the bottle to last until the end of the game with one shot at each hole.

Can somebody verify this?

I sure would like to see those clowns by the 10 hole or so. Had to be hilarious - a bunch of drunk men in skirts attempting to hit an itsy bitsy ball into a 3 inch cup hundreds of yards away........
 
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EastTexFrank

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waybomb said:
I sure would like to see those clowns by the 10 hole or so. Had to be hilarious - a bunch of drunk men in skirts attempting to hit an itsy bitsy ball into a 3 inch cup hundreds of yards away........
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Yea, but after "10 holes or so", we really didn't give a shit.

Actually, it's a fallacy. I think it was a decree by the R & A at St Andrews that an official round of golf was 18 holes. Before that, the number of holes could be anything, 10, 16, 22, whatever, and it had nothing to do with the number of drams in a bottle.
 
Doc

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I still think we should have a golf tourney to test this theory out. I've done 12 beers over 18 holes before but never a shot a hole. Could be fun ....if you'd remember it. :yum: :yum:
 
Galvatron

Galvatron

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I do prefer the idea of drinking but heres a little article i found....



Like many developments throughout golf history, the standardization of 18 holes did not happen as the result of a momentous decision agreed upon by many.

And again, like many developments in golf, the standardization of 18 holes can be credited to St. Andrews.

Prior to the mid-1760s - and right up until the early 1900s - it was common to find golf courses that were comprised of 12 holes, or 19, or 23, or 15, or any other number.

Then, around 1764, St. Andrews converted from 22 holes to 18 holes. The reason? Well, everyone knows 18 holes are easier to take care of than 22!

Eighteen holes did not become the standard until the early 1900s, but from 1764 onward, more courses copied the St. Andrews model. Then, in 1858, the Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews issued new rules.

I'll let Sam Groves, curator of the British Golf Museum who helped me with this explanation, take it from here:

"In 1858, the R&A issued new rules for its members; Rule 1 stated 'one round of the Links or 18 holes is reckoned a match unless otherwise stipulated'. We can only presume that, as many clubs looked to the R&A for advice, this was slowly adopted throughout Britain. By the 1870s, therefore, more courses had 18 holes and a round of golf was being accepted as consisting of 18 holes."
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