More Rountree. Stoke Poges, half a century before Goldfinger lost to Bond by playing a Slazenger 7 instead of a Slazenger 1 on the last hole. 😃 #golfhistory #golfart #JamesBond #OO7 #bernarddarwin #harrycolt

Rountree's stunning watercolour of the Old Course with the auld grey toon in the background. #golf #standrews #golfart #bernarddarwin #golfhistory

Rountree on Gullane Hill. #golfhistory #golfart #gullane #bernarddarwin

Willie Fernie. Champion golfer in 1883. Between 1879-1899, he played in 20 Open Championships and finished in the top 10 on 17 occasions. Has there been any others more consistent than that over two decades? #golf #golfhistory #royaltroongc #openchampionship

Two old friends at Hunstanton GC attending the 1951 English Men's Amateur Championship - James Sherlock, professional and Bernard Darwin, 'our golf correspondent' for The Times. #golfhistory #eg100 #golf

At Hoylake on Friday, I was honoured to receive the President's Medal for the best article on golf history in 'Through The Green' in 2023. Three articles, in fact. On Tom Dunn and his 137 golf courses. A mystery solved. DM me if you would like a copy.

Congratulations to Jacob Skov Oleson, the winner of the 129th Amateur Championship at Ballyliffin, Ireland. He beat Dominic Clemons from my home club Gog Magog in Cambridge by 4&3 in the 36 hole final. Congrats Dominic too! #amateurgolf

Greatly honoured to receive the President's Medal from Alan Henderson at Hoylake for my three articles in 2023 in the BGCS golf history journal, Through The Green, on Tom Dunn and his 137 golf courses. #golf #golfhistory #golfhistorians #rlgc

Exciting new paper with David Spence on the Origins of Sunningdale. Our findings re-write the early history of the club including the discovery of a Sunningdale golf club in 1893, 7 year earlier than previously known. #golfhistory #sunningdale #golf

Troon, 17th July, 5-7pm, the BGCS Meet the Authors event at the South Beach Hotel. New books by David Hamilton, Roger McStravick and others. Hosted by Michael Morrison Come along if you are in town for The Open for an evening of golf history. #golfhistory

MEET THE AUTHORS. Troon 17th July, South Beach Hotel, 5-7pm. Discussing his new book, Douglas Buchanan, on Willie Fernie, the great Troon professional who created The Postage Stamp and much more. Come along. #TheOpen #Troon #golf #golfhistory #golfgeeks

MEET THE AUTHORS. The golf historians' golf historian, the great David Hamilton will talk about his new book, The Golfer's Poet, George Fullerton Carnegie. Enriching our knowledge of golf in the feather ball era. #TheOpen #golfhistory #Troon #Golf #golfgeeks

MEET THE AUTHORS. A magnificent new history of one of the oldest clubs Glasgow Golf Club (1787). Nevin McGhee's book tells of early golf in Glasgow up to modern times when a great fire nearly destroyed the club's heritage. #Glasgow #Troon #Golf #History

MEET THE AUTHORS. Awarding winning author Roger McStravick will talk about his latest book on one of the greats - Allan Robertson. As a consequence of his death, The Open began in 1860 to determine the new champion golfer. #TheOpen #golf #golfhistory #Troon

It is happening! I still can't quite believe it. The Tom Morris sculpture by David Annand will be unveiled by Mrs Shelia Walker, great great granddaughter of Tom, on Weds. 2 October at 3pm. Everyone is welcome. You can still donate via gofund.me/2227ff2d.

A St Andrews tradition 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿⛳️ Ian Pattinson started his year as the new Captain of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews with a drive on the 1st tee at St Andrews Links this morning 💙

Park Jnr was very good at creating a thrilling golf shot.

Old Tom reborn in bronze.

What an incredible day it has been unveiling Tom's statue. So very special. So many remarkable people were there including my heroes Peter Crabtree and David Joy. We have photos and film and I will be posting, but for now for those that weren't able to attend, this is the speech

🌅 #FridayFoto: Low winter sun lighting up the course—brisk morning rounds are here! ❄️🏌️‍♂️ #WinterGolf #PrincesGolfClub #CrispMornings #GolfLife