Date: 1893
It's dis graceful ; not only are they quarrelling about the hole, but they must needs wait to put down their great galumping scores !  If the object was to get round in as many strokes as possible, there might be some sense in it ; but even then it would require a calculating machine to keep count."  It is a curious fact that the worse the player, the greater seems to be the inclination to record the fact.