Table of Contents
- Home
- Foreword to Scottish Golf History
- Vade Mecum
- Table of Contents
- Origin of Golf Words and Terms
- Earliest Golf Sites and Golfers
- 1502 Perth - The Royal Golfer
- 1504 Falkland Palace - The Courtier Golfer
- 1506 Stirling Castle - The Royal Golfer (again)
- 1527 Carnoustie - The Links Golfer
- 1562 Montrose - The Schoolboy Golfer
- 1574 St Andrews - The Student Golfer
- 1585 Orkney - The Servitor Golfer
- 1606 Richmond - The Prince Golfer
- 1608 Kinghorn - The Miscreant Golfers
- 1616 Dunbar - More Miscreant Golfers
- 1617 Fraserburgh - Yet More Miscreant Golfers
- 1619 Leith Links - The Bishop Golfer
- 1619 Dornoch - The Young Earl Golfer
- 1624 Royston - First Englishman Golfer
- 1625 Aberdeen - The Schoolmaster Golfer
- 1650 Gullane - The Weaver Golfers
- 1672 Musselburgh - The Lawyer Golfer
- 1672 North Berwick - The Law Lord Golfer
- 1672 Elgin and Forres - The MP Golfer
- 1695 Bruntsfield Links - The First Clubmistress
- 1702 Fortrose - The Farmer Golfer
- 1721 Glasgow Green - The Non Playing Partner
- 1738 Rome Villa Borghese - Bonnie Prince Charlie
- Oldest Golf Clubs or Societies
- 1735 Royal Burgess Golf Society
- 1744 Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers
- 1754 Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews
- 1761 Bruntsfield Links Golfing Society
- 1766 Royal Blackheath Golf Club
- 1774 Royal Musselburgh Golf Club
- 1777 Fraserburgh Golf Club (1881)
- 1780 Royal Aberdeen Golf Club
- 1786 Crail Golfing Society
- 1787 Glasgow Golf Club
- 1787 Earlsferry Golf Society (1858)
- 1791 Burntisland Golf Club
- 1791 Port Erroll, Cruden Bay Golf Club (1899)
- 1793 Kingsbarns Golf Club (1815)
- 1793 Fortrose Golf Society (1888)
- 1794 Dunbar Golf Club (1856)
- 1794 Savannah Golf Club (1899)
- 1810 Royal Montrose Golf Club
- 1815 Thistle Golf Club (Leith)
- 1817 Scotscraig Golf Club
- 1817 St Andrews Thistle Golf Club
- 1818 Old Manchester Golf Club
- 1820 Innerleven Golf Club
- 1824 Royal Perth Golf Society County & City Club
- Oldest Golf Courses
- 1754 St Andrews Old Course (1552)
- 1774 Musselburgh Old Course (1672)
- 1787 Elie and Earlsferry (1589)
- 1793 Fortrose (1702)
- 1812 Kinghorn
- 1817 Scotscraig
- 1818 Montrose North Links
- 1823 Kingsbarns
- 1832 North Berwick West Links
- 1835 Carnoustie
- 1840 Gullane Links (1 & 2)
- 1845 Monifieth Links
- 1846 Leven Links 1868 Leven and Lundin Links
- 1851 Prestwick
- 1851 Lanark
- 1856 Dunbar East Links
- 1856 Pau
- 1857 The Curragh
- 1860 Perth North Inch
- 1864 Westward Ho!
- 18 x 18 - Oldest 18 Hole Courses
- 1857 St Andrews Old Course
- 1863 Montrose North Links
- 1868 Leven Links and Lundin Links
- 1869 Royston
- 1871 Wimbledon Common
- 1871 Hoylake
- 1871 Forfar
- 1872 Old Luffness - Luffness New and Gullane 2
- 1873 Carnoustie
- 1874 Westward Ho!
- 1875 Pau
- 1876 Aberdeen Links - Kings Links
- 1877 North Berwick West Links
- 1879 Machrihanish
- 1880 Dunbar East Links
- 1880 Monifieth Links
- 1880 Kingsdown
- 1882 Prestwick
- 1883 Jersey Grouville Links
- Early Women's Golf
- References
- Useful Links
- Copyright Notice
- Acknowledgements
- Disclaimer
- News
- Marathon Golf
- Flight of the Condor
- Cross Country Golf
- Tea Time on QI: Golf Myths Galore
- Golf History on the Big Screen
- Golf - The Striking Game
- Robert Chambers -- Champion Golfer
- The Troon Clubs II The New Evidence
- The Troon Clubs I The History
- Coronavirus - Keep Safe and Carry On
- John Rattray Statue on Leith Links
- Golfhall Plaque
- Bonnie Prince Charlie and Golf at the Villa Borghese
- 15 Things to do in Edinburgh when you are not playing Golf
- Skibo Castle - Playing the Carnegie Club Golf Course
- Scottish Golf - Green Fees to Suit All Pockets
- Musselburgh - Cradle of Golf
- The Golf Trinity - why golf is definitely Scottish
- Scottish Golf 1457 to 2057 - The End of Golf is Nigh!?
- Oldest Leather Stitched Ball in the World
- Chuiwan 捶丸 - Coincidence or Espionage?
- Golf is the most Scottish thing about Scotland
- John Mayne - First Golf-Club Maker?
- The Hutton Letter - Golf at Kinghorn 1812
- The Bower Burgesses of Edinburgh
- Right Royal Company - the Archers and the Golfers
- Two New Golf Club Makers in 17th Century
- Bruntsfield Links - Home of Club Golf III
- Bruntsfield Links - Home of Club Golf II
- Bruntsfield Links - Home of Club Golf I
- William St Clair - A Tale of Two Pictures
- Origin of Golf Club Makers Mark
- 15 Things to do in St Andrews when you are not playing Golf
- Best Scottish Golf Courses in Top 100 Courses in the World
- Golf at the Rio Olympics - Esporte ou Farsa?
- A 'New' Reference to 'Golf' in 1460
- Molesey Hurst and First Golf Trick Shot
- Oldest "19th Hole" IV - Gone ... but not Forgotten
- Oldest "19th Hole" III - Clubhouses of Oldest Golf Clubs
- Oldest "19th Hole" II - Golf Pubs, Inns and Taverns
- Oldest "19th Hole" I - Historic Clubhouse Buildings
- Mrs Forman's is No More
- Daft Willie Gunn
- Golf on Calton Hill
- Gourlay - Featherie Ball Makers
- General Alexander Mackenzie Fraser
- Eighteen 18th Century Golf Societies
- Golf House Tavern Picture Puzzle
- How many Golf Holes are there in the World? Answer 576,534
- We Are Not Amused - Victorian Golf Jokes
- Early Edinburgh Golf History - Leith Links and Bruntsfield Links
- How to Design Your Own Tom Morris Golf Course
- Oldest Golf Clubs and Courses in America Part II
- 12 Things we didn't know 12 years ago
- The Albatross has landed ... and taken off again
- On the Dating of Golf Societies
- Men and Women Only Golf Clubs
- Golf: By-product of Polder land and Links land
- Ryder Cup 2014: The Homecoming of Historic Rivalry II
- Ryder Cup 2014: The Homecoming of Historic Rivalry I
- Anomolies in the Data
- Course Closed: Rain and Recession
- Wooden Golf Balls: an Assumption and a Fallacy
- New World: Oldest Golf Clubs and Courses