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The British Golf Museum traces the history of the game in Scotland and abroad from the Middle Ages to the present day.
It utilises exhibits and diverse displays to show you an amazing collection of striking feats and facts throughout 500 years of golfing history.
Golf in St Andrews is first referenced in writing in Archbishop Hamilton’s Charter of 1552. The Charter reserved the right of the people of St. Andrews to use the links land “for futball, schuteing, golff and all gamis.”. The town of St Andrews became renowned as the metropolis of golfing as early as 1691.
British Golf Museum
Bruce Embankment
St. Andrews
Fife KY16 9AB
Telephone Number - 01334 460046
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Links land is a strip of land found between agricultural land used for growing crops and the beach.
Long, thick grasses, poor soil quality and bunkers of sand usually characterise such land. The land had so few uses that it was often used for grazing sheep. But one use was to play golf on it and the tradition has remained.
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The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews is situated in Fife. It is one of the oldest golf clubs in the world - the oldest golf club is the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers at Muirfield. The Royal and Ancient is considered to be the worldwide Home of Golf.
There is a wide range of historic golf equipment, documentation and art work to be viewed at the British Golf Museum. A number of the items belong to renowned golfers Laura Davies, Jack Nicklaus, Nick Faldo and Seve Ballesteros.
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The Royal & Ancient Club, St Andrews, Fife
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