Musselburgh Old Course: Story of a Golf Club
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 ต.ค. 2024
- The game of golf owes a lot to this little stretch of East Lothian linksland. Musselburgh Old Links is the oldest remaining golf course in the world. Responsible for the 4 ¼ in size cup we play to, and host to many Open Championships, with its founding members (The Honorable Co. Edinburgh Golfers) funding the Claret Jug for the princely sum of £30 back in 1871 when Young Tom Morris won the championship belt having won three Open’s at Prestwick consecutively previously.
Any visit to Musselburgh Old Link is a pilgrimage to the games roots. A nine hole layout, designed to be played with hickory equipment which is available for rent in the pro-shop for a modest cost, we cannot recommend this highly enough for people looking for a short 9 holes at the start or end of a trip!
The course sits inside the perimeter of the Musselburgh racecourse, and when played with hickory equipment the bunker placement and challenge of the tee is significantly more meaningful without the latest technology to get the ball in the air and stopping short of the target! It’s an opportunity to forget about your own score, and instead take a step back in time to thank Musselburgh, for without it, golf wouldn’t be the same game we enjoy today.
We hope you enjoy the film!
Get in touch with us @Cookiejargolf or on contact@cookiejargolf.com for further enquiries and booking requests, as we travel the length and breadth of the UK in search of the most interesting stories in the game, and don’t forget to subscribe!
Played it years ago. Truly impressive.
This is simply one of the most fantastic and emotionally charged (for me) golf videos out there. I have a special connection with The Old Course through my father who started a sister club relationship with the course he used to be caretaker / greenskeeper of, Wawashkamo Golf Club in Michigan, USA, which is the oldest continuously played Links style course in Michigan (designed by Alex Smith of Carnoustie in 1898). My father traveled twice to Scotland, and one season worked for a week or so at The Old Course. The following year one of their Greenskeepers (Stan McRobbie) came to work for my dad for the entire season. I, personally, have not been across the pond to visit, but I'm rebuilding and rekindling some of the relationships between the two clubs and I hope in the next 1-2 years to be able to visit, work, and play on what, to me, is the Holy Grail of Golf. Thank you for capturing everything Musselburgh is in such a beautiful way, and thank you for keeping the fire lit inside me so that I may, one day, hit a Mashie towards the first green that my father once mowed and played on.
Got to see it 4 years ago, but couldn't play it due to my schedule...magical place indeed.
Very much so
This is why TH-cam exists, thank you
Everybody who loves the game and is interested in its history will love this video. Thrilling and empathic! Thank you
Thanks - glad you like this one! Some serious history to pack in 👍
Class🏴🏌️♂️
Thank You
fantastic. Thank you
Thanks for watching 👍
Glad you enjoyed
I've had a wander around Musselburgh and you could feel the history and passion..... Great work Cookie Jar!!
What an amazing video. One of my goals in life is to take a golfing trip to Scotland and play Preswick, St Andrews, and now Musselburgh.
Thanks Tristan! No shortage of history at any of those places - lucky for you we’ll be releasing our film from the other two courses you mentioned in a few weeks
@@CookieJarGolf That's awesome! I can't wait to watch them!
Definitely have a round at North Berwick, Gullane, and Kilspindie if you can as well.
Great video - thank you
Pleasure was all ours 👍
Suberb video again it made me feel like I was there watching the old champions playing the game we love 👋👋👋👋👋👋
Not by watching the standard of our golf - surely?
@@CookieJarGolf 😂😂😂No not quite it was the atmosphere in the video.
Excellent! The spirit of the game oozing through. Thank you.
Thank you 🙏 definitely feels like stepping back in time. 👍
Fantastic film! Great stuff as always. And the transition to the map was a really cool touch! Thanks for what you guys do!
Thank you - yeah there is a lot to squeeze into this film so leaning on imagery etc helps I think 👍
Have you played there?
Powerful & Magical that's all I can say well done ❤️⛳️
Thanks a lot - we loved making this one
It’s an amazing place. I loved playing it.
Thanks for watching - hopefully bought back some good memories! I agree - very unique and special 👍
Brilliant film and history lesson
There’s so much history there it’s unbelievable. Must be so many amazing anecdotes lost over time! Glad you enjoyed mate 👍
Another great video boys! Tommy's Honour is my favourite book, there is a reference to that match with Willie Park in it.
Yeah - it’s an incredible story. I think there has even been paintings commissioned about it, where Old Tom can be seen in the window of Mrs Foreman’s! Glad you enjoyed 👍
Great video - keep them coming much needed during lockdown
Glad you’re enjoying them 😎👍
Wonderful dear
Thank you very much - glad you enjoyed 🙏👍
This is outstanding. Thank you!
Pleasure was all ours 👍thanks for watching
Looking forward to playing there in less than 3 months. Hope travel is not restricted again..
Lovely 👍
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Very nice film
Thank you Mark! Glad you enjoyed - more from East Lothian next week 👍
It’s on my to do list ✅
A proper pilgrimage
@@CookieJarGolf going to look at playing kilspindie golf club the same day
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Die Schotten! Gar nicht knochentrocken. Ausgesprochen feines Cookie in the Jar.
wunderbar Gerhard! 😎 Danke, dass du zugesehen hast
@@CookieJarGolf großartig!