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From: stank@uiucdcs.UUCP
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Subject: Re: "golf" balls - (nf)
Message-ID: <7700041@uiucdcs.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 22-Jun-84 17:19:00 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jun 22 17:19:00 1984
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Nf-From: uiucdcs!stank    Jun 22 16:19:00 1984

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uiucdcs!stank    Jun 22 16:19:00 1984

The name "golf" has no connection with the game.  Rather, it
is named after the gulf ("golf" in German)  stream, or at least the
winds associated with it.  The other cars introduced at
the same time as the golf, i.e., the "passat" (aka "dasher")
and the scirroco (sp?) are also named after other winds.

V.W. was obviously trying to play up their cars' quickness (as in
"they go like the wind"), but  must have thought that the message
would be lost here.
                        S. Krolikoski
                        U. of Illinois