The R&A World Golf Museum (previously known as the British Golf Museum) is located at the Royal and Ancient Golf Club in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. It opened in 1990 to showcase the history of golf from its origins to the present day. The museum is located opposite the clubhouse. Exhibits include historic equipment, memorabilia, art work, documentation and the rules and terminology of the game.
Tuesday, 30th July 2024
An old book in a glass case. This is a handwritten minute book and the page shown is titled ‘Articles & Laws in Playing the Golf’. It lists the 13 original rules for playing golf first written in 1744 and written in this book in 1754. The photo also shows four tall narrow video screens in the background playing footage of famous golf matches. Two people can be seen watching the screens.View inside the R&A World Golf Museum. The four video screens can again be seen, each displaying different footage. Various glass display cases are also in view containing documents and artifacts related to the history of golf.A display case containing golf trophies and a row of framed portraits above. The interior of the museum is softly lit with the light focused on illuminating the items on show.Tony in the R&A World Golf Museum. He is at the entrance to the exhibitions with a larger than life bronze statue of Old Tom Morris, the Grand Old Man of Golf, in the background. Thomas Morris (1821 – 1908) was a Scottish professional golfer, greenskeeper and course designer, born in St Andrews. He is a famous golfing figure noted for winning the Open Championship four times and for designing or remodelling more than 70 golf courses.Another photo of Tony with the bronze statue of Old Tom Morris. Tony is wearing a blue hoodie that shows the title and cover of his ebook ‘Seeing a Slice of Southern Africa My Way’.A wall mounted bronze sculpture containing the faces of famous golfers. Some are wearing hats or caps. The sculpture is very tactile and interesting. The bronze relief plate in view contains 36 faces.Tony stood at an outside wall containing the bronze reliefs of famous golfers’ faces. This sculpture is called Faces of Golf and is by British-American sculptor Lawrence Holofcner. It contains the faces of 116 famous golfers from Mary Queen of Scots through to when the work was created in 2015. There are 93 men and 23 women included.Tony stood by a wall near to the first tee of the Old Course at St Andrews Links. A sign on the wall proclaims this. In the background golfers can be seen on the course. A large temporary viewing stand is also in view as well as buildings, including the Rusacks Hotel, which opened in 1887.Tony in front of the famous Royal & Ancient Clubhouse, an historical building constructed in 1854.A bronze plaque on the stone wall near to the clubhouse entrance. It reads ‘Members of the Royal & Ancient Club only’ with the club emblem above.Tony outside the Royal & Ancient Clubhouse entrance with the plaque behind and a leaded window with stained glass to the left.
