Lub hauv paus chiv keeb ntawm cov nyom nyom tuaj yeem taug qab mus rau tim lyiv teb chaws thaum ub 7,000 xyoo dhau los, qhov chaw uas cov neeg Iyiv thaum ub tau pov pob zeb rau ntawm lub hom phiaj. Cov tub rog Roman thaum ub kuj nquag ua si zoo sib xws.
Lub club lawn bowls qub tshaj plaws, Southampton Bowls Club, tau tsim muaj nyob rau hauv 1299. Nyob rau hauv lub xyoo pua 14th, King Edward III ntawm England txwv kev ua si nawv. Nws tau ntsib kev txhawb siab nyob rau hauv lub xyoo pua 16th, thiab cov nyom nyom tau tshwm sim hauv ntau yam ntawm Shakespeare's plays. Xyoo 1848, Scotsman W. Mitchell tau tsim cov kev cai ntawm cov nyom nyom, thiab xyoo 1892, Scottish Lawn Bowls Association tau tsim, teeb tsa cov kev cai lij choj.
Thawj cov nyom bowls club tau tsim nyob rau hauv Sandy Bay, Tasmania, Australia hauv 1845, thiab thawj qhov kev sib tw tau muaj nyob rau hauv Sydney xyoo 1846. Lub Ntiaj Teb Lawn Bowls Federation tau tsim nyob rau xyoo 1905 thiab yog lub hauv paus hauv Scotland, thaum Asian Lawn Bowls Federation tau tsim nyob rau xyoo 2000 thiab yog lub hauv paus hauv Malaysia. Lawn tais tau qhia rau Hong Kong thaum xyoo pua 20th. Nyob rau xyoo 1990, cov tsev hais plaub lawn tau tsim hauv Guangzhou, Shenzhen, thiab lwm lub nroog. Hauv xyoo 2014, cov nyom nyom tau dhau los ua kev sib tw thawj zaug ntawm Incheon Asian Para Games. Xyoo 2023, pab pawg Suav yuav koom nrog Hangzhou Asian Para Games thawj zaug. Xyoo 2025, Tuam Tshoj yuav tuav lub National Youth U-Series Bowls Championships thiab China Lawn Bowls Open.
