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Which Scottish king made the first recorded purchase of golf equipment?

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Tiger Woods follows through on his golf swing after teeing off, standing in tall grass with spectators watching in the background at St Andrews Golf Links. — golf American golfer Tiger Woods competing at the British Open (Open Championship) at St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland, 2005.

King James IV is the Scottish monarch credited with the first recorded purchase of golf equipment.12

Although King James II had previously banned the sport in 1457 due to concerns that it interfered with essential archery practice, the prohibition was lifted in 1502 following the Treaty of Glasgow. In that same year, King James IV began purchasing "golf clubbis and ballis," and he subsequently became an avid player of the game.21