Musselburgh Old Course Golf Club Episode #10
Posted by admin | Posted in Golf Clubs | Posted on 07-06-2010
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In this episode for www.HomeofGolf.TV I visited Musselburgh Old Course Golf Club, the oldest surviving golf course in the world. The Course The Old Course at Musselburgh is a 9 hole, par 34 links golf course, located in the heart of Musselburgh, just miles 3 from Edinburgh and surrounded by Musselburgh Racecourse. The course was originally 7 holes, another hole was added in 1838 and then the full 9 holes came into play in 1870. I really enjoyed walking round the historic course taking a look at the layout and in particular I wanted to see the infamous 4th hole, Mrs Foremans. Its named after the pub, Mrs Foremans Inn, which sits behind the 4th green and where in years gone by refreshments could be passed to golfers through a hatch in the wall of the pub adjacent to the green the perfect halfway house! The history of Musselburgh Old Course Golf Club I met up with Robin McGregor, the Secretary of Musselburgh Old Course Golf Club, who told me about the history of the course and how it had come to pass that Musselburgh Links was officially recognized by the Guinness Book of Records as the worlds oldest golf course. Documentary evidence shows that golf was played on Musselburgh Links since 1450 and Mary, Queen of Scots even reputedly played there in 1567. However, there are no definitive records of this other than the one in 1672 when someone actually recorded play. Robin explained to me that the record comes from an Edinburgh accountant, called Sir John Fowles, who recorded in …
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Thank you for posting such a great video. I grew up opposite the golf/race course in Musselburgh and have always been very proud of telling everyone it is the oldest in the world.Thanks for some lovely shots of my hometown.