Just found this while looking for something else

[Bill]

Now this is the way I heard it ... "In 1326 the locals saw a man out in the fields beatn' an swinging at a wee object wi' a stick an cursing an calling down all sort of impercations upon said wee object, they called it witchcraft, today we call it golf."

Bill

[bangkok kilt]

anyone ever see the robin williams standup bit on how golf was invented? pretty funny, of course vulgar (it's robin williams), and pretty un-PC, but still kinda funny.