While the world knows about St Andrews, two historic courses in Edinburgh helped shape the modern game of golf. Thousands of golfers travel to Scotland each year, where the game originated.

Golf history was recreated on Leith Links when an 18th century style of feathery golf ball was played at the start of Leith Rules Golf Society’s match against Bruntsfield Short Hole Golf Club.

A form of golf was also played in Holland in the ... The original home was in Leith, where the club played over the five hole course on Leith Links that remained their base for nearly a century.

Such rulemaking activity began in Scotland in the mid-18th century with the formation of golfing societies, such as the Gentlemen Golfers of Leith and the Society of St. Andrews Golfers (later known ...

A commemorative statue of the man responsible for signing the original rules of golf was unveiled yesterday at Leith Links. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Edinburgh News, you can get ...

Golf is a game of honor that is largely ... implemented to govern the first Challenge for the Silver Club tournament played at Leith Links in Edinburgh, Scotland. John Rattray won that initial ...

In the 1700s, these two links gave the world its first formal golf membership club and its first golf club house. It was at Leith that the first golf tournament took place, which was also the ...

Such rulemaking activity began in Scotland in the mid-18th century with the formation of golfing societies, such as the Gentlemen Golfers of Leith and the Society of St. Andrews Golfers (later known ...