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 ...

More than 100 photographs serve as illustrations, most from the personal collection of Mark Emerson, and many never before published.An invaluable resource for both the golf lover and the trivia buff, this book includes capsule biographies ...

PARODIES & SPOOFS. This is the story of golf as it's never been told before.

... 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 ...