He hākinakina te korowha e whakamahi ana i ngā karapu korowha rerekē hei whiu i ngā pōro korowha ki roto i ngā kōhao. He hākinakina tino ataahua te korowha, e āhei ai te tangata ki te whakakorikori tinana i roto i te taiao ataahua, ki te whakatipu i ō rātou kare ā-roto, ki te whakatipu i a rātou anō, me ngā pūkenga kōrero. E mōhiotia ana ko te "hākinakina huatau me te huatau".

I ahu mai te korowha i Kōtirana i te rautau 15, ā, ko te nuinga o te wā i takarohia ai te korowha i ngā wā o mua e ngā rangatira me ngā rangatira. Nā te rongonui me te whanaketanga o ngā taputapu korowha, ka tīmata te rongonui o te korowha i waenga i te hunga waenga. I te rautau 20, nā te whakatūnga o ngā ture me ngā pūnaha korowha, i whānuitia ngā huihuinga korowha o te ao. I ngā tau 1820, i whakaurua te korowha ki Āhia, ā, i whakaurua te korowha ki Haina i te tau 1896, ā, i tohuhia tēnei e te whakatūnga o te Shanghai Golf Club i Haina. I te tau 2015, i mutu te 21 o ngā Volvo China Open i Shanghai. I toa a Wu Ashun i te whakataetae. Koinei te wā tuatahi i toa ai tētahi kaitākaro whenua nui o Haina i te tohu Kaitākaro o te Marama o te European Tour.

Ko te United States Golf Association me te Royal Ancient Golf Club o St Andrews i Ingarangi e mōhiotia ana ko rātou te mana mō te whakamaoritanga me te whakahou i ngā ture o te korowha. [3] Ko ngā whakataetae korowha tino nui o te ao ko te Ipu o te Ao, te US Open me ētahi atu huihuinga.