The Golfing Apes.
Boy can they hit the ball a mile!
Have you heard about the golfing apes?
This story begins way back when the apes were solely quadrupeds. There is a study that suggests that apes first took to their feet in the act of throwing a missile or wielding a weapon.
We have all seen wildlife footage where chimpanzees are sitting breaking nuts on rocks with stones or wooden sticks/clubs. (Their clever use of tools for other tasks have also been well documented).
They then realised that these wooden sticks could be used to their advantage as weapons against other apes or animals.
They would go out in groups and hunt or fight with these weapons. 
One day, a very smart ape decided to stand upright and swing his weapon with a more dynamic posture. He gained an enormous advantage and his quadrapedal challengers had no chance.
This was indeed the way to hunt or fight and quickly his adversaries and colleagues followed suit. They were now able to tackle larger prey and the rest is history. To cut a rather long story short and to get to the gist of this story, allow me to continue:
In their freetime/recreation, these apes then instead of just breaking nuts with these clubs, instead invented a very early version of baseball, tennis etc.
They would throw hard-shelled nuts up in the air and knock them into kingdom-come with these sticks. It wasn't long before other apes did the throwing or bowling, allowing the batter to swing with both hands on.
One day, while rummaging through the forest, an ape found a peculiar broken branch that was similar in shape and length to an old fashioned brassie or hockey stick.
After thrashing this and that in the undergrowth with this club, he sprung to the idea that he could project nuts into space without bending down to pick them up.
Once again, the rest is history and this simple act evolved into the games of golf, field/ice hockey etc.
Without the golfing apes, there may not have been a Tiger Woods or Jack Nicholas or even an Alan Shepard hitting a six iron on the moon and quoting,
"It's gone miles and miles and miles..."
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