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Tom Morris Golf Shop, also known as the T. Morris, and the Tom Morris shop, and now known as The Open Store is a golf shop located at 8 The Links, in St Andrews, Scotland. [1] The shop overlooks the 18th green of the Old Course at St Andrews , [ 2 ] and was the oldest golf shop in the world. [ 2 ]
English: The golf shop of Old Tom Morris in St Andrews, Scotland, c. 1890. Morris is looking out the second storey window (upper left). Morris is looking out the second storey window (upper left). Date
Greyfriars was a religious house in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland, in the later Middle Ages. The house was Franciscan (hence "grey friars"), of the Observant (as opposed to Conventual) kind. [1] Founded by Bishop James Kennedy somewhere between 1463 and 1466, it received additional endowments from Kennedy's successor Patrick Graham. [2]
The Jigger Inn is a pub which overlooks the 17th Road Hole on the Old Course in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. Jigger Inn dates back to 1852 when it was the station master's lodge for the St Andrews Links railway station . [ 1 ]
The Old Course at St Andrews is considered by many to be the "home of golf" because the sport was first played on the links at St Andrews in the early 15th century. [8] Golf was becoming increasingly popular in Scotland until James II of Scotland banned the game in 1457 because he felt that young men were playing too much golf instead of practising their archery. [9]
Forgan of St Andrews is a British manufacturing company of golf equipment, founded in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. Having been established in 1860, Forgan is the oldest golf club manufacturing company in the world. [1] Apart from golf clubs, Forgan commercialises bags and clothing, such as t-shirts, hats and jackets.
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