BRITAIN: He was a Scottish professional golfer in the 19th century but he predicted bullet trains, driverless golf carts, televisions and digital watches.
In a book published in 1892 with uncanny echoes of 16th century French seer Nostradamus, golfer Jack McCullogh also predicted that women would start dressing like men and do all the work while their menfolk took to the golf courses full-time.
Now the little-known book, Golf in the Year 2000 or What Are We Coming To?, by McCullogh, under the pseudonym J.A.C.K, is up for auction in Edinburgh on Saturday.
Driverless golf carts became a reality in the 1980s, Japan's bullet train went into operation in 1964 and digital watches were all the rage in the 1970s.
McCullogh even predicted international team golf competitions like the Ryder Cup which was first played in 1927.- (Reuters)