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Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers

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Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers

The oldest golf club in the world. It was formed in 1744 as the Gentleman Golfers of Edinburgh and played over the Leith links. It drew up the first set of golf rules, which were later accepted by the ruling body of the Royal and Ancient Club of St Andrews. The name of the club was changed in 1759 and moved to Musselburgh in 1836. In 1891 it moved club to its present home in Muirfield, which staged its fifteenth British Open in 2002.
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