lair and lifestyle to the tour. If the First World War almost took out golf in Scotland than the Second World War gutted it completely. It was said, “The First War took the golfers and the Second War took the golf courses.” (Hist. Of golf, 5) This left a mark because after the second world war, the Americans came on strong and started to dominate golf. The United States became a pre-eminent place to play golf. Although the Americans did start to leave a dominating mark on golf, they did not do much damage at the Open Championship. Sam Snead and Ben Hogan were really the only two Americans that did have success over in England after the war. Since the Start of the second half of the 20th century, golf has become a truly global game. Not only are the players from England, Scotland and America, but also many have come from Holland and Japan and Spain to name a few. American golfing really came into its own when Arnold Palmer started playing in the early sixties. Palmer was lord of every links he surveyed. (Hist. Golf, 7) That would soon change when a young man from Ohio named Jack Nicklaus came onto the scene. These two would be the best rivalry to every play against each other. In the 1980s Seve Ballesteros would become the first European to win the Masters at the age of twenty-three. In the 1990s one player has come out and dominated the game, Tiger Woods. Tiger has been a major contender until he won the Masters at the age of twenty-one. Combined with his six wins in a row Tiger is a model for how golf will be played in the 21st century. In all the history of golf is rich with developments in technology and personal achievement. If only the originators of golf, whoever they are, could see the different directions the game has gone and the advancements that the equipment has made. For a physical project I will build a set of golf clubs to use for the upcoming golf season. I will compare the score that I hav...
