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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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]


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Newsletters
We have available for download 3 editions of the Society's newsletter, the "Gowffer's Tattle" [more]
  7th March 2009
We celebrated the 265th 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.