Battle of Greenfields

The Battle of Greenfields was a battle in Middle-earth which was fought during the year Third Age, 2747 at The Shire's Northfarthing.

The Battle
A band of Orcs was led by Chief Golfimbul came to the Shire. Then the Golfimbul and the orcs was confronted by the large Hobbit Bandobras or "Bullroarer Took", who was the Thain of the Shire with a force of Hobbits. In the batlle Golfimbul was killed and the Orcs were defeated by the Hobbits. According to a legend, Bullroarer killed the orc chieftain with a single swing of his club, and that knocked off Golfimbul's head and landed inside a rabbit hole. This was how the game of golf was invented. This event preceded the War of the Ring by more than 250 years.