Muirfield - Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers

Muirfield was the fourth course to stage the and is the third most used Open venue (host to 16 Opens) after Muirfield is the course of “The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers” (HCEG), the world’s oldest golf club—according to direct written evidence—formed in 1744. In those days, the members played over Leith Links, originally a five-hole course. In March 1744, the first official rules of golf were drawn up by the “Gentlemen Golfers of Leith” in…