the origins of golf are contested - several countries claim to be where it was first played, and they recently discovered evidence of it being played in china about 1000 years ago. maybe replace it with something more related to scotland?
The modern game of golf is clearly descended from that played in Scotland though - there is a clear continuity. Just because stick and ball games have been common around the world, doesn't make them all the originators of a well-documented modern sport.