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Home Membership Current events Recent events Other events The original rules Leith golf history Links Contact Us	Latest news..... Outing to Hill of Tarvit 30th May Fourteen members and guests had a superb day at the 9-hole hickory golf course at Hill of Tarvit in Fife, in glorious weather [more] Summer Events Plans are well in hand with the organising of the challenge matches and competitions at Leith Links from 8th to 11th July. [more] Match versus Musselburgh Old Our annual challenge match hosted by Musselburgh Old was held on Saturday 11th April and turned out to be another excellent day in a most enjoyable series of matches. [more]	Background information on the Society ? Click here to find out more Want to become a member of the society ? Click here to find out more Newsletters We have available for download 3 editions of the Society's newsletter, the "Gowffer's Tattle" [more]
	7th March 2009 We celebrated the 265^th anniversary of the signing of the original rules in fine style, with a lunch hosted by Musselburgh Old Course Golf Club. Mr Iain McIntyre from the College of Surgeons gave a fascinating talk on John Rattray (the captain who signed the original rules). [more]	Society commemorative tie We now 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.	An updated brochure about the Society is available. Download it here (Adobe PDF format - 932KB) or contact us for a copy if the file is too large for your connection.