THE HISTORY OF THE ROYAL PERTH GOLFING SOCIETY. A CENTURY OF GOLF IN SCOTLAND, WITH A SELECTION OF THE GOLFING VERSES (HITHERTO UNPUBLISHED) BY THE LATE NEIL FERGUSSON BLAIR, ESQ., OF BALTHAYOCK (1842

The Perth Golfing Society was started by a group of Perth gentlemen at a meeting on 5th April 1824 in the Salutation Inn, Scotland’s oldest hotel. Scarlet golfing jackets were donned for matches played on the South Inch and North Inch links and Sir David Moncreiffe became the first ever Club Captain. The sixth captain of the Club was Lord Kinnaird, and it was his access to royal circles that was instrumental in gaining royal patronage for the Club from King William IV in 1833. Royal Perth was the first golf club in the world to receive this honour and pre-dates The Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews by a year.

Tall 8vo. [viii] + 80pp. Purple/blue cloth boards, slightly sun faded. Gilt title to upper board. Internally clean. Very scarce. [D&M, 26550]

Date

1935

Publisher

Perth: The Munro Press

Author

Rev. T.D. MILLER

£320.00 (Code: 2381)

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