Two ways that modern golf is different then the original (folk) golf are: *
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a. In golf today lowest score wins, folk golf highest score wins.
b. Irish golfers were not permitted to play in Scotland until 1926, and caddies did not exist.
c. Early Scottish courses were laid out on dunes and the game was relatively inexpensive to play.
d. golf balls were smaller than today, and tournament winners were given sheep for their farms.
e. early games were timed, and were sometimes played in villages too.