Lanark Golf Club: The Oldest Inland Golf Course in the World (Beyond The Top 100 #2)

Lanark Golf Club doesn't try to impress you. No grand entrance, no resort gloss — just a golf course that's been played on the same patch of common land since October 1851, making it the oldest inland golf course in the world.

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We sit down with general manager Andy Romer to dig into 175 years of history: Old Tom Morris's £3.10 shilling redesign, James Braid's 1927 refinements (100 years old next year), lost holes buried under the car park, army connections to the Cameronians, and a quietly incredible piece of trivia — Lanark lost the vote to become Gleneagles by a single ballot.

• Why the 7th tee is the moment Lanark finally reveals itself
• The "Cabbages" — a nickname with a 175-year-old explanation
• How Lanark rebuilt its own history from minute books found in a cupboard
• Why this is a "stopover," not a "stay-and-play" course — and why that's exactly the point

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