by Westlake Golf | Feb 24, 2017 | golf history
The origins of golf were primitive. Original golf clubs included a long stick with a curved end while the first golf ‘balls’ were nothing more than round stones. The first big improvement came in the 14th century, when golfers started to carve golf balls out of beech...
by Westlake Golf | Feb 22, 2017 | golf history
Golf originated hundreds of years before the game migrated across the Atlantic from Europe. The evolution of the sport began as popular pastime for shepherds and the like who would hit rocks with sticks to pass the time. And while origins of the game can be traced...
by Westlake Golf | Feb 20, 2017 | golf history, PGA golfers
Jack Nicklaus’ interest in designing golf courses began in the mid-1960s when his career was just getting started. Jack already knew a lot about what worked on a course and what didn’t, what a fair challenge looked like compared to an unfair challenge, and how a...
