
1) Ball game 2) Dutch invention
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Kolven (verb; or noun: kolf) is a game originated in the Netherlands, played by four people in which players hit the ball over a certain distance and the first people to reach their opponents` starting point wins. The games lasted over multiple days at times. ==Game== Kolf is played on an indoor course that measures 17.5 metres long and 5 metres ....
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(from the article `golf`) ...than other early sources. In the Tyrocinium the club is indeed called a kolve, and the game as such is referred to as kolven (the infinitive of a ...
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