Founded: | Unknown (1567 or earlier) |
Designer: | Mother Nature |
Championship Length: | 2,874 yards (9 holes) |
PAR: | 34 |
Type: | Parkland, Throwback |
Founded: | Unknown (1567 or earlier) |
Designer: | Mother Nature |
Championship Length: | 2,874 yards (9 holes) |
PAR: | 34 |
Type: | Parkland, Throwback |
A golfer who is a historian of the game and who is keen on playing every former Open Championship venue and won’t mind a course that is not in great shape and is only nine holes.
Musselburgh Links, The Old Golf Course is officially a record breaker! Guinness World RecordsTM certified Musselburgh Links, The Old Golf Course holds the record for being the “Oldest Golf Course in the World”.
The official world record is documented as: “The Old Golf Course in Musselburgh, Scotland, UK, is the oldest golf course in the world. Documentary evidence proves that golf was played on Musselburgh Links as early as 2 March 1672 although Mary, Queen of Scots reputedly played here in 1567.”
Overview courtesy of Musselburgh Links
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