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While there is evidence that the wives of Musselburgh fishermen played in a golf competition in 1811, the first ladies’ golf club was formed at St Andrews in 1867, where they...
Originally published June 2023. Whenever you ask a golfer what caused the great boom in golf in the 19th century, the most common response by far is “the railways.” But the...
It is well accepted that golf began on the linksland on the east coast of Scotland, played there at least since the 16th century. Once the railway age began, and holidays at the...
A new book explains how, where and why golf took off in England in the late 19th century. Not many books on sport are written about who came second, but that is what this one is...