| Musselburgh's
Unique Place in Golf History |
| Golf has been played on
the Old Links Golf Course since the
1500's. Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots,
allegedly played on the Old Course in 1567.
These links lay claim to be the oldest
course in the world still to be played, only
interrupted by troop encampments in 1650 by
Oliver Cromwell and during the Napoleonic
wars in 1803. The nine hole golf
course was most famous in the late 1800's,
when along with Prestwick and St. Andrews,
it was one of the original Scottish Open
courses. From 1860 to 1889 five different
Musselburgh men won no less than eleven Open
titles. The
History of Golf |
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| The Golf Club Houses Four famous clubs built their headquarters in Balcarres Road in the 1800's facing the Old Course. Illustrated in order from south to north are as follows:  |
| Bruntsfield Links Golfing
Society From 1861 to 1900 when it moved to Barnton. It is now the Wiremill Social Club. Website of Bruntsfield Links Golfing Society |
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| The Honorable Company of
Edinburgh Golfers This is the oldest golf club in Scotland, founded in 1744. From the 1830's to the 1860's the club had accommodation below the Horse Racecourse grandstand. The clubhouse at 8 Balcarres Road was built in 1865 and in 1891 the Honorable Company moved their home to their existing home at Muirfield in Gullane. The clubhouse in Musselburgh is now a children's nursery. The Honorable Company of Golfers in Muirfield website |
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| The Royal Musselburgh Golf Club From the 1800's to 1925 when it moved to a new building and golf course two miles east of town. Website of the Royal Musselburgh Golf Club. |
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| The Royal Burgess Golfing
Society. From 1873 until 1894 when it moved to Barnton. In 1993 the building at 10 Balcarres Road was acquired by Musselburgh Old Course Golf Club (formed in 1980) for conversion back into a golf club, after an interval of one century. Website of the Musselburgh Old Course Golf Club |
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| Three of the four houses from the
Course. |
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| By the way, The Musselburgh
Golf Club is situated just south of town and can
be seen from the Inveresk House. Here is their website. |
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