Road rules1 min ago
oldest Golf Course
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We were at a quiz last night when the question was asked 'Which is the oldest Golf Course in the world'.We put Mussleburgh but the answer was St Andrew's.I have looked this up on Google and have got both described as the oldest. Anyone shed some light on this please.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Hi seabrook, found this: - Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, (1542-1587), allegedly played golf at Musselburgh in 1567. This claim is apparently derived from a charge that the Earl of Moray put before the Westminster Commissioners in the �Articles� in 1568. He accused Mary of playing golf at Seton House only a few days after the murder of her husband, Lord Darnley, in which he claimed she was implicated. The original Seton home (above), now destroyed, was 4 miles east of Musselburgh and it is possible that Musselburgh would have been another place where she played golf. It is likely she played golf, or else the charge would have had no credibility.
Also foung this: - The oldest golf course in the world has many remarkable features which help make it so special to golfers around the world.
It is the Home of Golf where golf was first played 600 years ago and yet it remains a real test of golf for today's champions. Despite its reputation and status, it is a public course and is one of six public courses on St Andrews Links.
It is the Home of Golf where golf was first played 600 years ago and yet it remains a real test of golf for today's champions. Despite its reputation and status, it is a public course and is one of six public courses on St Andrews Links.
Thanks Heatherglen. I had found the same reference to Mussleburgh that you mention but then another mentions St Andrews. I think it is like Johnmof said it is a bit of a grey area. Tried to find an E Mail address for Mussleburgh so that I could contact them but only seemed to be for people booking to play.Still it keeps this old woman happy trying to fathom things out and exercises the old grey matter.