350th Anniversary at Musselburgh Old Course – Pictures
A day to remember for Musselburgh Old Course Golf Club, Enjoy Leisure and East Lothian Council.
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350th Anniversary at Musselburgh Old Course
Yesterday, 2nd March 2022, marked the 350th Anniversary of golf first being documented as having been played on Musselburgh Old Course.
On that day, Sir John Foulis, of Ravelston, wrote :
1672 Mar 2 Lost at Golfe at Musselboorgh with Gosford, Lyon etc .. .. £3 5s 0d
This is believed to be the oldest game of golf ever recorded, on a course that is still in existence and actively played upon.
Many thanks to Sky Sports, Lewine Mair, Martin Dempster, Peter Bourhill and others who were here to cover our event.
⛳️As preparations continue for the 150th Open Championship, we paid a visit to the other home of golf.
While St Andrews is widely regarded as the birthplace of the sport, another course dates back to Mary Queen of Scots – and has its own claim to golfing history👇 pic.twitter.com/3KlxJQUqyV
— Sky Sports Scotland (@ScotlandSky) March 2, 2022
Musselburgh Old Course Golf Club – AGM Friday 25th February 2022
Musselburgh Old Course Golf Club – AGM Friday 25th February 2022
Musselburgh Old Course Golf Club – Latest Charity Fundraiser
Musselburgh Old Course Golf Club recently raised £950 for Cycle Without Age – Musselburgh.
Committee member Mark Macwhinnie and his sister Lindsey Blackley present Ewan Dawson with the proceeds from their late father’s (Ronnie Macwhinnie) golf memorial cup competition against The Ship Inn, Musselburgh.
Many thanks to everyone who contributed to this and to those who helped out on the day.
GG4C – Global Golf 4 Cancer
Nick Edmund, a friend of the Club, will hopefully be returning to Musselburgh Old Course later in 2022.
Nick is the founder of Global Golf 4 Cancer, a remarkable global campaign whose mission is to inspire the golfing community to ‘fly the flag’ and to support cancer fighters and cancer charities worldwide.
The GG4C flag has now flown on all six continents, and we will be delighted when it once again files on the 4th green at Musselburgh Old Course later in the year.
During his Scottish golf-walk in November 2018, Nick visited Musselburgh Old Course and played the iconic Mrs Formans 4th hole, as pictured above.
For further information on Nick and Global Golf 4 Charity please read on ……..
Musselburgh Old Course Golf Club – Crested Merchandise
Club crested merchandise page will be coming soon (Examples above)
Club member Euan Bauld scores a memorable overhead kick for Breton Capers University in the AUS
Golf Club member Euan Bauld scores a tremendous overhead kick for Cape Breton University against University of New Brunswick in the AUS.
Willie Park Senior v Tom Morris Senior at Musselburgh Featured in The Film ‘Tommy’s Honour’
Musselburgh, March 8, 1870.
“We, the undersigned, agree to commence to play our match at golf for 100 sterling a-side on Tuesday, the 12th day of April, and that on St Andrews links at 12 o’clock; on Prestwick, 15th April; North Berwick, 19th April; and on Musselburgh links, 22nd April, to play at same hour (twelve o’clock), as at St Andrews.”
Signed, Tom Morris, Willie Park.
Of these the most notorious match was in 1870. Tom and Willie had agreed to play four rounds of four courses for £100 of which the last four were at Musselburgh, where they were accompanied by a partisan crowd of several thousand who had come to see their local man win. This resulted in serious interference with Old Tom’s play, which the referee, Mr Robert Chambers, an eminent golfer himself, was unable to control. When the players retired for refreshments at Mrs Forman’s, with 6 holes left to play and Willie Park two holes ahead in the match, Mr Chambers decided that play should be abandoned and resumed the following day in the hope of better comportment by the spectators.
Willie Park believed this exceeded the referee’s powers and, with due notice, returned to play the remaining holes in 22 strokes. The following day, Park refused to play and Tom Morris, under direction the referee, walked the course (in 28 strokes) and was declared the winner. Nowadays few remember the result of the match, only the controversy of the circumstances.
With permission from JK – Producer of TM
Musselburgh Old Course Featured in The Film ‘Tommy’s Honour’
Tommy’s Honour is a 2016 historical drama film depicting the lives and careers of, and the complex relationship between, the pioneering Scottish golfing champions Old Tom Morris and his son Young Tom Morris.
Musselburgh, March 8, 1870.
“We, the undersigned, agree to commence to play our match at golf for 100 sterling a-side on Tuesday, the 12th day of April, and that on St Andrews links at 12 o’clock; on Prestwick, 15th April; North Berwick, 19th April; and on Musselburgh links, 22nd April, to play at same hour (twelve o’clock), as at St Andrews.”
Signed, Tom Morris, Willie Park.
Of these the most notorious match was in 1870. Tom and Willie had agreed to play four rounds of four courses for £100 of which the last four were at Musselburgh, where they were accompanied by a partisan crowd of several thousand who had come to see their local man win. This resulted in serious interference with Old Tom’s play, which the referee, Mr Robert Chambers, an eminent golfer himself, was unable to control. When the players retired for refreshments at Mrs Forman’s, with 6 holes left to play and Willie Park two holes ahead in the match, Mr Chambers decided that play should be abandoned and resumed the following day in the hope of better comportment by the spectators.
Willie Park believed this exceeded the referee’s powers and, with due notice, returned to play the remaining holes in 22 strokes. The following day, Park refused to play and Tom Morris, under direction the referee, walked the course (in 28 strokes) and was declared the winner. Nowadays few remember the result of the match, only the controversy of the circumstances.
With permission from JK – Producer of TM