Michael Morrison

Golf historian, author of The Great English Golf Boom, The Origins of the Sacred Nine, The Worst Golf Course Ever, and The Links on the Hills

[Michael Morrison @GolfHistoryMike]

@firmandfastgolf @dnormoyle @WorldGolfMuseum @USGA Shane, I listened last night. You and DM - excellent!

[Michael Morrison @GolfHistoryMike]

@JohnMorton215 @pagolfhistorian Well done, John. You are making a fine contribution. Keep it going.

[Michael Morrison @GolfHistoryMike]

@JimHHartsell @SProctorGolf I have 1911 - wonderful. As is 1914. My most valuable one from that era is the LGU Yearbook. It gives the names, addresses and handicaps of every LGU member. A data trove. 😊

[Michael Morrison @GolfHistoryMike]

@SProctorGolf Looking very dapper, Mr Proctor. 😊

[Michael Morrison @GolfHistoryMike]

@JohnMorton215 Freddie Tait, Allan Robertson; Old Tom, Young Tommy; Balfour, HGH, JHT, HH? 😊

[Michael Morrison @GolfHistoryMike]

@SProctorGolf Many congratulations, Stephen. Thoroughly deserved. Enjoy a wee dram. Cheers. 👍

[Michael Morrison @GolfHistoryMike]

Golf holes, like golf clubs, used to have names, not numbers ....Sea Headrig...Ginger Beer... Postage Stamp.... There used to be a hole at Hunstanton called Mesopotamia (the green was between a burn and the river).. it is now called '2'. #golfhistory

[Michael Morrison @GolfHistoryMike]

@JohnMorton215 @jordanhardy @PrestwickGC Sea Headrig, the best named golf hole in the world. 😊

[Michael Morrison @GolfHistoryMike]

@TheGolfDivoTee Great photo. What was the source? DM please.

[Michael Morrison @GolfHistoryMike]

My Christmas read, by my friend, Stephen Proctor. An important new work bringing golf history to life. #golfhistory #womensgolf #golf

[Michael Morrison @GolfHistoryMike]

@Richard08156270 I quote Old Tom Morris (I think): Nobody ever said it was meant to be a fair game.

[Stephen Proctor @_jessiekavarXx]

It’s publication day for Matchless in the UK. If you see a copy in your local book shop, post a picture. It’s alway a thrill for authors to see copies in the wild.

[Michael Morrison @GolfHistoryMike]

@SProctorGolf Sonny and Cher referenced Bernardo in The beat goes on. 😃

[Michael Morrison @GolfHistoryMike]

@SProctorGolf 👍

[Michael Morrison @GolfHistoryMike]

@SProctorGolf Let's do that. When approximately are you planning to come over. I have material from his undergraduate golfing life at Cambridge in the mid 1890s.

[Michael Morrison @GolfHistoryMike]

@JohnMorton215 Best named hole at Prestwick has got to be the wonderful 13th, Sea Headrig . 😊

[Roger McStravick @R_McStravick]

Excited about this talk on 30 September as part of National Sporting Heritage Day in the R&A World Golf Museum, talking about Champion Golfer Allan Robertson. For 19 years be reigned supreme but with his early death at 43 and the game exploding, people turned to Tom Morris, who in time became the Grand Old Man of Golf. Allan's true story has been somewhat lost. Hopefully with Bill and my new research, we can get Allan restored as the rightful King of Clubs.

[Michael Morrison @GolfHistoryMike]

@R_McStravick Definitely. 👍 🍺

[John Morton, PGA @JohnMorton215]

To put that rarity into further context:

# of Hugh Philp clubs auctioned in the past 30+ years? DOZENS.

# of Tom Morris clubs? DOZENS.

# of Tom Morris autographs? DOZENS.

# of Allan Robertson feather balls? 10-20.

The rarity of this ball simply can’t be overstated.