It's that time of year again

Spring is in the air and all over the country keen sports men and women are polishing their nine iron and dreaming of that perfect drive. Golf is played by millions of men and women of all ages worldwide.

Here are some amazing facts:

- The chances of making two holes-in-one in a round of golf are one in 67 million

- There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball

- The first golf balls were made of thin leather stuffed with feathers. Tightly-packed feathers made     balls that flew the farthest. Feather balls were used until 1848.

- The youngest golfer to shoot a hole-in-one was Coby Orr, who was five years old at the time. It happened in Littleton, Colorado, in 1975.

- 22.8% of golfers are women

- Golf was banned in Scotland from 1457 to 1502 to ensure citizens wouldn't waste time when preparing for an English invasion

- There's a long-standing myth that the word "golf" is an acronym of Gentlemen Only, Ladies Forbidden. Which is amusing, but unfortunately complete rubbish. The word actually stems from original 15th Century spellings that included "gouf", "goulf", "goiff" and "gouff" (indecisive lot, 15th Century Scots).

And the last word goes to that fine gentleman Winston Churchill who stated "It is a game whose aim is to hit a very small ball into an even smaller hole, with weapons singularly ill-designed for the purpose." Sir Winston had obviously had a bad experience.

Love or loath the game we all know a golfer and we at rubberduckz.co.uk have just added some great golfing gift ideas that would make a great Father's Day presents, Birthday gifts or even as a unusual Retirement gift.

(source-intotherough.com)