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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March 7th celebration
We celebrated the 268th anniversary of the signing of the first rules at the Scotch Malt Whisky Society [more]

AGM
We recently held our 2012, electing the committee to take us forward this season. Please click here for a short report.

Season 2012
April - match versus Musselburgh Old (away)
June 23rd - Outing to Hill o’ Tarvit
July 4th to 7th - hickory events at Leith Links
July
- Bruntsfield Short Hole (away)
September 21st - Outing to Liberton Golf Course



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. 
 
Progress on the statue
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"The Gowffer's Tattle"
Every edition of the Society's Newsletter is available to download as a PDF file
  1. November 2011
  2. January 2011
  3. January 2010
  4. July 2009
  5. May 2008
  6. November 2007
  7. 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.