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is a sport that was originally only for men.
About 500 years ago however, women began to play. It was a woman, in fact, that came up with the term "caddy", and commissioned the building of Golf's holy grail: St. Andrews in 1552. This woman was none other than Mary Queen of Scots, who called her assistants on the course "cadets" hence the term "caddy". She is also considered as the first woman in history to play golf.
Mary Queen of Scots and her caddys playing golf The first ever US Women's Open was played in 1946 and was won by Patty Berg.
Patty Berg holding the trophy of the first US Open in 1946