How Golf Was Invented: The Game a...
How Golf Was Invented: The Game a King Made Illegal
Curious Explorer by Cameron Pariseau
S3 · E9
Sep 14, 2026
10:55
Episode notes

The very first time golf is written down anywhere in history, it is being banned. This one is a special request from Nat — Nate and Emma's dad. Join Miss Cam, Nate, and Emma on the windy sandy coast of Scotland to find out where golf actually came from, and why in 1457 the King of Scotland passed a law making it illegal to play. Discover what the first golf balls were stuffed with, why a ball maker could only finish four of them in a whole day, why the game was banned twice more and still could not be stopped, and how one course in a little Scottish town decided that a round of golf should be eighteen holes — which is why it still is, everywhere in the world, today. Plus the strangest question in the sport: why is a golf ball covered in dents? Turn your imaginations ON!

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