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Early Edinburgh Golf History - Leith Links and Bruntsfield Links
18 February 2015
Golf history in Edinburgh is much more extensive and important than generally supposed. Read more
How to Design Your Own Tom Morris Golf Course
6 February 2015
Old Tom Morris reported to Mr Hope of Luffness that he often had differences of opinions with the R&A committees over what constituted good golf course design and like all golf course architects, considered their ideas amateurish and unsuitable. Read more
Oldest Golf Clubs and Courses in America Part II
1 January 2015
Since publishing details of the oldest golf clubs in North America, further research has produced more candidates for inclusion on the list of early golf clubs in USA; a new candidate for America's first golfer; and an earlier date for the importation of golf clubs in America. Read more
12 Things we didn't know 12 years ago
20 December 2014
Scottish Golf History began 12 years ago and new facts have emerged during that period. Below are some of them. Read more
The Albatross has landed ... and taken off again
6 December 2014
One of the consequences of publishing this website is that, from time to time, people get in contact with pieces of new information, and one such occurred earlier this year when I was notified of a story on the origin of the ‘albatross’ published in Golf Monthly March 1962. Read more
On the Dating of Golf Societies
6 October 2014
It is generally accepted that these four clubs are the four oldest golf clubs, but the order of their seniority would appear to require some rearrangement. Read more
Men and Women Only Golf Clubs
31 August 2014
An overview of the position on membership of historic men and women clubs. Read more
Golf: By-product of Polder land and Links land
31 July 2014
How golf is a consequence of the Dutch agricultural revolution and the Scottish climate. Read more
Ryder Cup 2014: The Homecoming of Historic Rivalry II
19 June 2014
On the similarities to the great golfing rivalry between Musselburgh and St Andrews and the history of Gleneagles golf courses. Read more
Ryder Cup 2014: The Homecoming of Historic Rivalry I
6 June 2014
Outline History of the Ryder Cup Read more