The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews
The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews is one of the oldest golf clubs in the world. It is a private members-only club based in St Andrews in Scotland. It was previously known colloquially as "The R&A", but in 2004, a new organisation known as The R&A was spun off, assuming the club's functions as one of the governing authorities of the game and organiser of tournaments such as The Open Championship. Despite this legal separation, one of the club's objectives remains to contribute, through its members, to the governance, championship organisation, and golf development roles now carried out by The R&A.
The Royal and Ancient Golf Club clubhouse
Image: Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews logo
The old course over the links of St Andrews surveyed by order of the Royal St Andrews Golfing Society
Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit a ball into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible.
A golfer in the finishing position after hitting a tee shot
The Xuande Emperor of the Ming dynasty playing chuiwan
The MacDonald boys playing golf, attributed to William Mosman. 18th century, National Galleries of Scotland.
Aerial view of the Golfplatz Wittenbeck in Mecklenburg, Germany