Visitors from all over the world have come and played on this historic course and so can you! Open to the public all year round, you can experience a piece of golfing history and for a truly unique experience you can hire hickory clubs and play the course as it was in its heyday!
Please browse through the website to discover more of the course’s unique history, learn about our membership opportunities and please feel free to submit your comments on any experiences you have had with the oldest golf course in the world.
A warm welcome to Musselburgh Links, The Old Golf Course, officially recognised by Guinness World Records as the “oldest golf course in the world”.
(The above text is from the official website of "Musselburgh Links")
Andrew Clarkson is a member of the Musselburgh Links that I met in August of 2011 while playing as a single. We arranged another game in August of 2012. We now call this event the International Championship. (more details to follow)
The following are photos and video taken in August of 2012 at "Musselburgh Links The Old Golf Course".
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| 1st Hole Par 3 - The Short Hole (The tee has been relocated beside the new clubhouse and pro shop. The hole now plays over 225 yards, perhaps a name change is needed) http://www.musselburgholdlinks.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11&Itemid=16 |
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| 1st Green (Notice the race track in the background, no horses running today.) |
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| 2nd Hole - The Graves (Picture is taken from behind the green looking back up the fairway.) *From Website* http://www.musselburgholdlinks.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10&Itemid=17
"Beware of the two hidden bunkers on this hole. They are approximately, three quarters of the way down the fairway!
History Trivia: It has been suggested that this may have been a burial ground for soldiers who died at the Battle of Pinkie in 1547. They were buried on Musselburgh Links to discourage golfers from playing there, as golf was frowned upon at that time.
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Mrs. Forman's Bar & Kitchen is directly
behind the 4th green.
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Does this door lead to the old pub where Old Tom Morris decided to wait out the boisterous and unruly crowd when playing a match against Musselburgh's Champion Golfer Willie Park Sr.?
I took this picture in July of 2010 while flying over Edinburgh on my return to Scotland. I noticed the golf course inside the race track and knew it had to be "The Old Musselburgh Golf Links". I had yet to play there, but being a past Open venue, it was certainly on my list. The spring of 2010 was considerably drier than the spring of 2012.
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