Who Started golf anyway?

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The modern game originated in Scotland, where the first written record of golf is James II's banning of the game in 1457, as an unwelcome distraction to learning archery. James IV lifted the ban in 1502 when he became a golfer himself, with golf clubs first recorded in 1503-1504: "For golf clubbes and balles to the King that he play it with" (James II). People also say the Perisan's invented. Persian game chaugán is another possible ancient origin. In addition,kolven (a game involving a ball and curved bats or clubs) was played annually in Loenen, Netherlands, beginning in 1297, to commemorate the capture of the assassin of Floris V, a year earlier. Other say the Chinese invented it. The Ming Dynasty scroll dating back to 1368 entitled "The Autumn Banquet" shows a member of the Chinese Imperial court swinging what appears to be a golf club at a small ball with the aim of sinking it into a hole. The game is thought to have been introduced into Europe during the Middle Ages. Another early game that resembled modern golf was known as cambuca in England and chambot in France. I think that golf orignated from Scotland because that is what most people think golf is from. Also once Scotland started playing it, every other country started to like it.