A SPECIAL TREE FOR XMAS
In 1743 the first book on golf was published in Edinburgh called 'The Goff'.
It told the story of matches played at that time on Leith Links. There are believed to be between 5 and 10 copies of the 1st edition still in existence. Hugh Sharp of Hill of Tarvit owned two of them. Sadly they are missing.
David Hamilton, well known golf historian, in 2003 wrote and published 'The Thorn Tree Clique' to provide us all with a better understanding of the 1743 work. A thorn tree was known to dominate the 1st tee at Leith all those years ago.
We were honoured to have David be the one to plant our thorn tree in front of our 1st tee and to help us celebrate Hugh's own library of over 1,500 books.
Click on picture above to view larger image.
It told the story of matches played at that time on Leith Links. There are believed to be between 5 and 10 copies of the 1st edition still in existence. Hugh Sharp of Hill of Tarvit owned two of them. Sadly they are missing.
David Hamilton, well known golf historian, in 2003 wrote and published 'The Thorn Tree Clique' to provide us all with a better understanding of the 1743 work. A thorn tree was known to dominate the 1st tee at Leith all those years ago.
We were honoured to have David be the one to plant our thorn tree in front of our 1st tee and to help us celebrate Hugh's own library of over 1,500 books.
Click on picture above to view larger image.
posted by Golf & Thistle at 10:13
