A Good Walk Ruined: The History of Golf
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A Good Walk Ruined: The History of Golf

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 29, 202650 min

The history of golf is a bit muddled, but once it was truly born in Scotland, it started the beginning of lifelong obsessions for people dumb enough to pick up a club and give it a try. Learn all about the early history of the most frustrating game ever invented. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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And in this episode, we'll get to hear Chuck do a Scottish accent a lot. I wonder. Wow. I haven't really thought about that.

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I do love the Libya helped us with this how she titled it Which I think I'm titling it something like that, but she titled it golf colon spoiling good walks since 1457 have you ever heard that phrase? Yeah, there's Samuel Clements Yeah, how to spoil a good walk or whatever something like that. Mm-hmm

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