British Golf Museum
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The British Golf Museum is located opposite the Clubhouse
at the Royal and Ancient Golf Club in St Andrews
, Scotland
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The museum, which opened in 1990, documents the history of golf
from Medieval times
to the present, including the men's and women's games, British and international, both professional and amateur. Exhibits include historic equipment, memoribilia and art work, documentation, the history of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club, and the rules and terminology of the game.
The museum is open to the public seven days a week throughout the year.
Clubhouse
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at the Royal and Ancient Golf Club in St Andrews
St Andrews
St Andrews is a university town and former royal burgh on the east coast of Fife in Scotland. The town is named after Saint Andrew the Apostle.St Andrews has a population of 16,680, making this the fifth largest settlement in Fife....
, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
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The museum, which opened in 1990, documents the history of golf
History of golf
The origins of golf are unclear and much debated. However it is clearly one of a family of similar and possibly related club and ball games that were recorded across medieval Europe, and many of the unique elements of golf evolved in the port towns around the Firth of Forth in eastern Scotland from...
from Medieval times
Medieval Times
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to the present, including the men's and women's games, British and international, both professional and amateur. Exhibits include historic equipment, memoribilia and art work, documentation, the history of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club, and the rules and terminology of the game.
The museum is open to the public seven days a week throughout the year.