| Title: | Welcome to the Golf Notes Conference! |
| Notice: | FOR SALE notes in Note 69 please! Intros in note 863 or 61. |
| Moderator: | FUNYET::ANDERSON |
| Created: | Tue Feb 15 1994 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 2129 |
| Total number of notes: | 21499 |
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 262.1 | Easier than DUCK! | USWAV3::FAGERBERG | Thu Apr 28 1988 12:30 | 2 | |
I believe its "FORE!" and a contraction of FOREWARNING.
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| 262.2 | No Help xcept for spelling... | PLANET::STANZ | Thu Apr 28 1988 12:47 | 3 | |
Don't know the answer, but I can tell you it's FORE, and not FOUR....
Maybe it's an "auld" scots term for "LOOKOUT!!!!" ;-)
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| 262.3 | PBA::MARCHETTI | Thu Apr 28 1988 14:18 | 7 | ||
Back in the early days of golf in Scotland, there were no golf courses,
only public parkland where golfers would congregate. Since these
areas had many non golfers using them, a warning would be shouted
prior to hitting to let the non-golfers know that golfers were coming
through.
Bob
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| 262.4 | The truth?!?! | MECAD::MCKINNEY | REMOTE CONNECT FIALURE | Fri Apr 29 1988 17:36 | 8 |
In the early days of golf, they would always have to yell very loudly
to drown out the bagpipes that were constantly playing. The term
"fore" was used to warn others that golf was being played in the
vicinity. The word is of Greek origin, and refers to Forello, the
Greek God of swearing. ;-)
By the way, in New England it's not "fore" it's "foah".
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