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It comes from the wore "before" as in ‘ahead’. In the infantry the commanding officer of a rifle brigade would yell "Ware Before" so that his troops out front would know to duck so they would’t get there heads shot off. — "When Primitive man screamed and beat sticks on the ground we called him a Barbarian, When Modern man does the same we call him a golfer." – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Does anyone know the origin of the term ‘fore’, used to alert other golfers to watch out for a ball? Josh
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I thought perhaps it meant: " Luuk owt fore me ball hits yer tiny we heed" Kidding. I did not know why fore was the term, thank you for the insight. Scott. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – says… Does anyone know the origin of the term ‘fore’, used to alert other golfers to watch out for a ball? Josh In the golf’s earlier day’s golf balls were very expensive, often costing more than the clubs themselves. As such golfers had two caddies, one to carry the bag and the other, a fore caddy, to mark the location of the golf shot. Fore was yelled to alert the ‘fore’ caddy to a possibly errant shot. — Gary Udstrand The opinions expressed are mine only, unless you agree with me. The world is filled with willing people; some willing to work, the rest willing to let them. -Robert Frost
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Does anyone know the origin of the term ‘fore’, used to alert other golfers to watch out for a ball? Josh
FORE THE LOVE OF GOD, LOOK OUT! Randy
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Does anyone know the origin of the term ‘fore’, used to alert other golfers to watch out for a ball? Josh
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Does anyone know the origin of the term ‘fore’, used to alert other golfers to watch out for a ball?
The folklore of St Andrews attributes "fore" to the early rounds that included a forecaddy who walked out ahead of the golfer, both to locate his ball and to warn passersby of approaching spheres. Although the forecaddy probably shouted out something like, "Hey, look out! Bloody ball on it’s way," the "fore" of the forecaddy has remained with us. Now, do you know the origin of the term "caddy"/ No, it’s not a corruption of the word "carry". Mary, Queen of Scots was an avid golfer, and used to employ French students, or "cadets" to carry her clubs. The British, similar to their changing the pronunciation of "Jerez" to "sherry", changed "cadet" to "caddy". -Robby P.