Who Invented The Game Of Golf ?Written by David Humphrey
Well, who actually did invent game of Golf? The question has been asked and argued for many years with no true winner. Many countries have a valid claim to an early game that resembles game of golf. Some of countries that make this claim are England. Scotland, China, Rome, France, The Netherlands, Belgium and Laos. The most heated debate over who invented golf definitely comes from Great Britain and Scotland. The first area to look when deciding answer to our question must be what actually determines when a game with sticks and balls is golf or another game. Most countries in world have had games where you hit an object with a stick at some sort of target. Is this enough to be called golf, I don’t think so. If so, then these early games could claim origin of many sports played today. I think it takes more than just a game with some kind of object being hit by a stick to qualify as origin of golf. Holland is believed to be origin of name of golf but not actual game itself. Holland played a game in 1200s called Colf, which means clubs. This was a form of golf but once again form of many other sports. Colf has been traced back to Dec. 26, 1297, in town of Loenen aan de Vecht in northern Holland. On that day, local townsfolk played four holes of game to commemorate relieving of Kronenburg Castle exactly one year before. The fact that colf was chosen to mark occasion is proof that game was already popular by that time.
| | Super Bowl Harbinger of Problem Drinking Written by David Westbrook
Super Bowl Harbinger of Problem Drinking 17.6 million American adults are either alcohol dependent or abuse alcohol. Super Bowl Sunday has long been associated with over consumption of alcohol and drunk driving. 17.6 million American adults are either alcohol dependent or abuse alcohol. According to recently released 2001-2002 National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions, alcohol dependence - particularly among men - has decreased; however, rates of alcohol abuse have increased. Super Bowl Sunday has long been associated with over consumption of alcohol and problems of alcohol abuse. Mothers Against Drunk Driving has compiled statistics for Super Bowl day alcohol related driving fatalities every year since 1999. These statistics show that an average Super Bowl Sundays see 55.4% increase in alcohol related traffic fatalities over other days of year. Part of problem may be that imbibing alcohol is encouraged during Super Bowl. Nearly 20% of commercials, 10 out of 58, aired during Super Bowl XXXIX will advertise Anheuser-Busch products. Last year Anheuser-Busch's commercials were among both most controversial and popular.
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