Historic Golf Discovery: Old Tom Morris’s First Golf Shop in St. Andrews

Written by: Tony Korologos | Tuesday, December 17th, 2013
Categories: Golf Courses • Miscellaneous
Tags: Old Tom Morris • St. Andrews

Tom Morris Golf Shop – St. Andrews

I love to keep close tabs on the “Auld Grey Toon” of St. Andrews. It is my home away from home, even though I’ve only been there twice…

Good friend and Old Course caddie John Boyne tipped me off about a very neat and historic golf discovery by Roger McStravick. Mr. McStravick has been researching in the University of St. Andrews for an upcoming book, “St. Andrews, In the Footsteps of Old Tom Morris.”

The discovery was found through the reading of manuscripts from the Golf Collection in the University of St. Andrews Special Collections Department. In statements written by Old Tom Morris was information pertaining to Tom’s building of his first golf shop next to the 18th green of the Old Course in 1878.

I hope to get in touch with Mr. McStravick and do a small interview about this discovery, and also pick his brain for other great information about Old Tom, the Old Course, and the Old Gray Town. Stay tuned.

For more information check out this article in Golf Business News.

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