The first golf club was created in 1744 in Leith in close proximity to Glasgow. The members of the club called themselves “The Gentleman Golfers of Leith” and were the first to write the rules down. How gentlemanly they acted is questionable. But one thing is certain. People liked their rules. They are valid still today.

Ten years later, the “St. Andrew Society of Golfers” was formed, which, in 1834, took on its current name, the “Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrew”. This club accepted the rules of their gentlemanly golf friends from Leith. Or maybe they were just too lazy to write their own.