to enjoy a round of golf, a sport in which participants spend hours walking around open air, there are few better places than the exotic climate of rio de janeiro - sea breeze, captivating scenery and colorful wildlife treats golfers  to a refreshing experience while practicing this sport.

the origins of golf are somewhat contrary to the picturesque image of a stroll in the rio de janeiro sun and can be traced back to the wet and windy shores of scotland.

though both china and holland lay claims to the creation of golf, it was in scotland, in 1457, when the first official records of the game can be found - it was in this year that the scottish parliament banned the game, because it was distracting their army from the duties defending the real.