[Ed Homsey]

I was reviewing Travis's 1902 article titled "Hazards" and came to this:  "Every hole should not be on parallel lines.  It is a pleasing change to have a few laid out at obtuse angles, boomerang fashion; something like this:"  He illustrated with a drawing of a "dogleg" hole. 


When did such a hole become known as a "dogleg" hole?  "Boomerang" certainly didn't take.   

[Pete_Pittock]

Merriam-Webster says first usage was 1808. Don't know the circumstance. But you can't believe everything you read on the internet. Forrest Richardson's book says the term dogleg first appeared in a 1902 Golf Illustrated issue where a hole was described as "rather like a dog's hind leg".

[Ronald Montesano]

Damned transplanted Aussies and their boomerangs.

[K Rafkin]

If you're looking for a good example of a boomerang hole check out the 8th at Pikewood.


http://pikewoodnational.com/the-course/hole-8/

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