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Happy Birthday to Us! 🥳⛳ For 35 years, we’ve welcomed visitors from across the globe, grown our world-class collection, undergone a major renovation, and proudly rebranded as The R&A World Golf Museum. It’s been quite the journey, and we’re just getting started! Stay tuned for more exciting birthday celebrations later this year! 🎉🎂

⛳🏌️‍♀️Museum Lecture - Old Tom Morris as a Greenkeeper In addition to his fame as a player, Old Tom was 'Keeper of the Green' at St Andrews from 1864 to his retirement in 1903. The appearance of the popular gutta ball meant more usage of the Old Course, and when appointed he brought in double greens and nine new outward holes on the seaward side beside the old single track hitherto played in both directions. He also modernised the tees and bunkers but his 'mair saund' [more sand] panacea for top-dressing the Links was occasionally caricatured. After his reluctant retiral, the R&A appointed a new 'scientific' greenkeeper, who was soon sacked, and Old Tom's traditional methods restored. 🧑‍🏫 Join David Hamilton for an insightful evening exploring the life and legacy of Old Tom Morris as Keeper of the Green David Hamilton, a former leading Scottish transplant surgeon, has long been immersed in the history of Scottish golf. Now based in St Andrews, he has written and printed several limited-edition golf books through his own Partick Press, and in 1998 published 'Golf – Scotland’s Game', a popular history of the sport. Twice honoured with the Murdoch Medal by the British Golf Collectors’ Society, Hamilton is a member of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews and a long-standing supporter of the Museum’s lecture series. 📍The R&A World Golf Museum 📆 Thursday 17 July, 7.00pm (doors open at 6.30pm) 🫖Refreshments available on arrival 🎟️Tickets are £10, book today to avoid missing out: https://t.co/BVFMnPlNzZ