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Golf ball The USPS celebrates our nation’s passion for athletics with the Have a Ball! stamps. The issuance features colorful illustrations of eight different sports balls: • A baseball • A basketball • A football • A golf ball • A kickball • A soccer ball • A tennis ball, and • A volleyball The round Have a Ball! stamps feature a special coating applied to selected areas of the stamps during the printing process to give them a textured feel. Golf, a game of Scottish origin dating back to the 17th century, is one of the most popular recreational and competitive sports in the world, evidenced in part by the nearly 25 million golfers playing on nearly 14,000 golf courses in the United States alone. The United States Golf Association (USGA) was formed in 1894 with the intent to clear up confusion over who should be declared the national amateur golf champion. In 1895, the first U.S. Amateur Championship drew only 32 entries. A day later, the first Open Championship had 11 entrants and a month later, the first Women's Amateur championship was contested among 13 golfers. Now, the Amateur and Open championships attract 12,000 entries between them. |
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