The Club at The Oldest Course in The World Still Played Upon

Historians discovered that Sir John Foulis of Ravelston, a prominent Edinburgh lawyer, who kept copious records of his golf on Leith Links, played golf at Musselburgh in 1672.
Where on 2nd of March that year, he lost in a match with his friends Gosford and Lyon and others as his notebook records:
Mar 2 Lost at Golfe at Musselboorgh with Gosford, Lyon etc .. .£3 5s 0d

As you look through this site we hope you will begin to appreciate the rich and colourful history behind Musselburgh Links and the part it has played in the early development of this game, we all love.