Have you ever wondered

Golf and St Andrews are synonymous with Scotland. James II of Scotland banned golf in 1457 because he felt that young men were playing too much golf instead of practicing their archery. The ban was upheld by James III and remained in force until 1502, when James IV became a golfer himself and removed the ban nearly 50 years later. Phew. Worse was to come: St Andrews Links went bankrupt in 1797, and the town council allowed the course to be used for rabbit farming, only to be saved after 20 years of litigation by James Cheape in 1821, buying the land and saving the links. He now has a bunker named after him on the 2nd on the Old Course.