Today, the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers is synonymous with Muirfield, one of the golf courses on The Open Championship rota. A lesser-known fact about this honourable company is that in 1744, then known as the Gentleman Golfers of Leith, they produced what is recognised as the oldest surviving rules of golf. A total of thirteen rules were agreed upon for the … [Read more...] about World War II – Temporary Golf Rules
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Dr Saul L. Miller – Winning Golf: The Mental Game
Dr Saul L. Miller is one of the world’s leading sports psychologists whose innovative work in enhancing performance and team building has helped individuals, teams and businesses achieve success whilst dealing effectively with pressure, stress, and change. His clientele, past and present, over the past forty years or so include ... Golfers on the PGA Tour. Teams from … [Read more...] about Dr Saul L. Miller – Winning Golf: The Mental Game
Kingarrock Hickory Golf
Golfing Herald is pleased to welcome back guest author Graeme Fish. This time Graeme kindly shares a synopsis of the amazing and unique experience of hickory golf at Kingarrock. Hill of Tarvit Mansion & Garden The Hill of Tarvit is a beautiful historic house because of its look and its location on the southern edge of Cupar, which is in Fife, Scotland. At the start of … [Read more...] about Kingarrock Hickory Golf
Callers of Newcastle – The First Pro Golf Tournament I Attended
Golf Monthly, the world's oldest golf magazine, whose first editor was none other than the peerless Harold Hilton, recently asked the following question on Twitter ... "What was the first pro golf tournament you attended?" For me, the answer was 'Callers of Newcastle', a tournament on the 1977 European Tour, played at Whitley Bay Golf Club, England ... just a few weeks before … [Read more...] about Callers of Newcastle – The First Pro Golf Tournament I Attended
Freddie Lawrence – Caddie, Podcaster, Golfer
Continuing the Golfing Herald series featuring various professions within the golfing industry, I recently met up with Freddie Lawrence who ... trained, qualified and worked as a caddie at the home of golf whilst reading Psychology at the University of St Andrews. today caddies at Scotland's newest links course, namely Dumbarnie Links. hosts the very popular and … [Read more...] about Freddie Lawrence – Caddie, Podcaster, Golfer