Who Invented That Sport?

Many sports are associated with specific countries. Baseball is considered 'America's pastime,'2 and Scotland is known as the 'home of golf.' These countries, like others, developed their own national sports and eventually shared their hobbies with the rest of the world.

Many theories exist about how baseball extended into Latin America fror the north in the nineteenth century. Some believe the marines3 took it to Nicaragua; others say that oil workers went to Mexico, or sailors4 brougl: it to Cuba. However it happened, the region developed a great interest in the game and exported it further to neighboring countries such as Puerto

10 Rico, Venezuela, and Panama. Thanks to missionaries,5 teachers,

television, and more recently, U.S. professional players, the game reached Asian countries, and is now played in national leagues in Japan and Korea.

It is believed that golf originated in Scotland. As early as the 1400s, 15 pebbles6 were knocked into rabbit holes using a stick or club. In 1744, the first set of golfing rules and regulations was created in Edinburgh. In the nearby town of St. Andrews, the Society of St. Andrews Golfers was formed, which later became known as the Royal and Ancient Golf Club o

St. Andrews. Today, St. Andrews Links is one of the most famous courses in the world.

In 1888, a Scotsman named John Reid established the St.

Andrews Golf Club in

New York. In 1895, the

Association was formed, and by 1901 there were more than 1,000 golf )urses in the U.S. Around this time, golfers from Scotland and England ere invited to the U.S. to teach the sport to enthusiastic Americans. Since icn, the U.S. has produced some of the world's leading golfers, and the tort now has fans worldwide.

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