Leith Rules Golf Society
 The aim of the Society is to increase the recognition of Leith Links as the home of the earliest recorded rules of golf and one of the game's prominent early locations


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Forthcoming events
 The match with Musselburgh Old at Musselburgh will be on Saturday 15th June, 10-a-side.

The events at Leith Links are from Wednesday 3rd to Saturday 6th July.

Hickory outing to Hill of Tarvit 13th July

Match with Bruntsfield Short Hole at Bruntsfield - date to be confirmed.

Outing to Liberton 20th September.

 7th March celebration - report
 AGM - report

Background information on the Society ?
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A brochure about the Society is available. Download it here (Adobe PDF format - 932KB) or contact us for a copy.

 Want to become a member of the society ?
Click here to find out more. We currently have members from as far afield as Australia and the USA, as well as from all over Britain. 
 


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 Latest information and news

"The Gowffer's Tattle"
 Every edition of the Society's Newsletter is available to download as a PDF file

Issue 9 - January 2013
Issue 8 - July 2012
Issue 7 - November 2011
Issue 6 - January 2011
Issue 5 - January 2010
Issue 4 - July 2009
Issue 3 - May 2008
Issue 2 - November 2007
Issue 1 - March 2007
Society commemorative tie
We have available a special society tie. [more]

The first rules of golf created by the golfers at Leith in 1744 tell us something about the challenges faced by these early golfers and the society they lived in. View them here.