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Today I will introduce the oldest ladies golf club in the world– The Carnoustie Ladies’ Golf Club to you.

The Carnoustie Ladies’ Golf Club was established in August 1873 for the benefit of the wives of the members of the Dalhousie Golf Club.

These ladies played over an 18 hole, par 3 golf course which stretched westwards from the Lochty Burn. The course was on land donated for the ladies’ use by a Miss Kinloch. The upkeep of the golf course was paid for entirely at the expense of the members who hired their own greenkeeper, the ladies also owned their own green keeping equipment! Unlike today, the golf season at that time was very short, usually from July to September which coincided with the influx of summer residents from Dundee, Edinburgh and surrounding areas, to the seaside resort of Carnoustie.  Read more... (385 words, estimated 1:32 mins reading time)

Gentlemen Only, Ladies Forbidden.

Whoever came up with that acronym for golf was:
1. Male
2. Hoping that it was true

Ladies golf has been around for a very long time, in fact, the governing body for amateur lady golfers in Great Britain and Ireland, The Ladies Golf Union (LGU) was founded in 1893, although, it is believed that Mary, Queen of Scots (1542-1587) was an avid golfer and it was during her reign that the St Andrews golf course was created and it was at St Andrews that the first ladies golf club was formed in 1867.  Read more... (489 words, estimated 1:57 mins reading time)