Leith Rules Golf Public Golf 2003

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

Home Membership Current events Recent events Other events The original rules Leith golf history Links Contact Us		Public Opening 2003 Our week in July was blessed with superb weather and many people took advantage to play the 5-hole course with hickory clubs and balls from bygone days. Some were regular golfers, the modern advantages of soft-spiked shoes and gloves making an interesting contrast with the clubs they were using ! But there were also those who were trying golf for the very first time, which was a particular delight to the Society.
		LRGS Secretary Pat Denzler flanked by Hickory Open Organiser Jim Forson (left) and Tim Bell, event co-ordinator (right) A few of the longnose and novelty clubs in the superb exhibition, supplied by Georgian Antiques, which attracted much attention