King James VI Golf Club

King James VI Golf Club is the country's only self-contained golf course on a river island, occupying Moncreiffe Island in the River Tay and reachable only on foot via a walkway on a rail bridge. Founded in 1858 at Perth's North Inch before relocating to the island in 1897, the course was designed by four-time Open champion Old Tom Morris. The club takes its name from the tradition that King James VI learned golf as a boy on Perth's Inches, and in 1860 played what is believed to be the first-ever inter-club match, against Elie and Earlsferry.