Golf  Scotland 

St Andrews is the home of golf, but Edinburgh is where

it began with the oldest course still being played. 

The first established Golf Society and where the first rules of golf were written. See the first place a competition was played to rules. From the west of Edinburgh to Musselburgh in East Lothian where Tom Morris Snr and Jnr won Open Championships and where Willie Park Lived the first open champion in 1860.

Take the Golf History tour and visit historic golf courses.

Where famous golfers were born. 

Play on the oldest course (1380) and  have a drink in the oldest club House (1456).

Visit Royal Burgess,  Royal Musselburgh, Musselburgh Old Course

or

Visit the Home of Golf

St Andrews Scotland 

Golfer's Land Edinburgh

In the 1600s two English noblemen attached to the court of the Duke of York (to be King James VII) were challenged by the Duke to a golf match on Leith Links. The Duke’s partner was shoemaker John Paterson a descendent from a long line of golfers. The English noblemen were beaten and the Duke rewarded Paterson with the stakes that had been played for, which enabled Paterson to build a tenement building which he called Golfer’s Land. The building is no longer on the site as it was demolished in 1960. In 1664 Charles I (The Duke’s father) bestowed on the Duke of York the American provinces previously controlled by the Dutch now renamed in his honour, New York. The Duke succeeded to the crown in 1685, and died in 1701. In 1688, his wife Queen Mary gave birth to a son who was later to be father to Bonnie Prince Charlie.

 Golf and Travel

We can arrange your

Transport and Tee times.

Play with a Euro Pro Tour

Professional Golfer.

Non Golfers

For the non golfers in your party

we can arrange a bespoke

tour of Edinburgh

or any destination in Scotland.  

Whatever your requirements are,

we can help you book

your perfect break.

Just complete the enquiry form

with your requirements

for a fast and efficient service.