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Why Do Golfers Yell "Fore"? Who was Mulligan? (and More) (2019x320)
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There are several theories to how it became associated with golf. In 1824, The Rules of the Thistle Golf Club recounts a conversation where it was expressed that one of the speakers had performed the duty of “fore-cady” for the Duke of York back in 1681, “Dickson was then performing the duty of what is now commonly called a fore-cady.”
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