The first known women's golf tournament was held in 1811 at the Musselburgh Golf Club in Scotland. In 1867, the prestigious club at St. Andrews opened the first women's golf organization, The Ladies Club.

Par for the Course returns to Dunnottar Castle and the Keith clan, but in a new and exciting way.

BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Alison Weir's Mary Boleyn.

... Golf has been played at Montrose since the sixteenth century. Montrose. Thanks to the diary of a young man by the name of James Melville, it is known that golf was being played in Montrose long before Mary Queen of Scots, golf's first ...

... golf clubmaker - in Perth 1502 - First player identified by name - King James IV 1553 - St Andrews citizens right to golf on the links upheld 1554 - First ballmakers identified - at Leith near Edinburgh 1567 - Mary Queen of Scots plays golf ...

... Queen Victoria was told of the practice and was said to have been shocked at ... Mary's main custodian in England during her long captivity, the Earl of ... golf clubs, but Mary Queen of Scots was able to play at golf on the sands at ...

... Mary , Queen of Scots ( 1542-1587 ) . This nobleman was one of the commissioners appointed by the Parliament of Scotland , 17th December 1557 , to be present at Mary's marriage , in the Cathedral of Notre Dame , to the Dauphin of France .

This is how well-loved golfing icon Laura Davies introduces her latest venture - a handy-sized book full of fascinating golf anecdotes, facts and figures.