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Royal Montrose Golf Club
This page was last updated on: Saturday, 10 July 2010 |
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Royal Montrose Golf Club
This page was last updated on: Saturday, 10 July 2010 |
| 'A Golden Tyme Indeid' - 200 Years of Golf History at Royal Montrose | ||
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The title of this book comes from the diary of James Melville, describing his idyllic childhood on the links of Montrose in 1562, when he tells us that he learned to use 'the glub for golf'. For centuries, Montrose was at the very centre of the sport's evolution, and this volume has been written to mark the Bicentennial of the town's oldest golf club. Royal Montrose is only the second club in the world, after St Andrews, to have played over the same golfing ground for two centuries. In 1845, it became only the third club to receive Royal Patronage, thanks to future Prime Minister William Gladstone. The newly christened Royal Albert Golf Club (as it would be known for the next 141 years) ran many of golf's first important tournaments, including the famous 25 Hole Open of 1866. At over 8,000 yards it remains the longest course ever used for an important professional competition.
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The club's fascinating and historically important story is enlivened by princes, prime ministers and poets, and by its legendary professional Bob Dow, who would help launch the careers of golfing pioneers that would profoundly affect the development of golf as far away as Australia and America. |
This hardback edition of 222 pages is available from Royal Montrose Golf Club at £15.00 plus £5 post and packing. To purchase, print the ORDER FORM, complete and forward it with your cheque to: Merchandise Convener Royal Montrose Golf Club Traill Drive Montrose Angus DD10 8SW If you require more than one copy, or require copies to be shipped outside the United Kingdom, please mail sales@royalmontrosegolf.com for a quotation. You can also order the book through your bookseller who may order it through Neilson Book Index. The British Library Catalogue record is: - ISBN; 978-0-9564561-0-6 |
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