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05-04-2012 11:19 AM #8
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It's not Four, it's 'fore - meaning 'Watch out afore' or ahead!
"Fore" is another word for "ahead" (think of a ship's fore and aft). Yelling "fore" is simply a shorter way to yell "watch out ahead" (or "watch out before"). It allows golfers to be forewarned, in other words.
The British Golf Museum cites an 1881 reference to "fore" in a golf book, establishing that the term was already in use at that early date (the USGA suggests the term may have been in use as early as the 1700s). The museum also surmises that the term evolved from "forecaddie."
When chipping onto the green from a water hazard with alligators, one might yell My Fore-arm or my FORE-leg as they lose it!
Last edited by stovens; 05-04-2012 at 11:25 AM.
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