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Leith Miscellany Vol III
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The first international foursome, played on Leith Links
Unknown, 1682, Oil painting, Press cutting
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The first international foursome, played on Leith Links
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The first international foursome, played on Leith Links in 1682
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Unknown
Date
1682
Size
9.4 x 14.9 cm
Type
Oil painting
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Press cutting
The Duke of Albany (later James VII) and John Paterson, a poor shoemaker (in play) versus two English nobles visiting Holyrood, who claimed golf was of English origin. The match was intended to prove which country should have the honour of being the home of golf. The two Englishmen were well beaten. John Paterson was given the stakes and built Golfer's Land in the Canongate.
Andrew Dickson, on the left of the picture, was the first recorded caddy.
From a painting by Allan Stewart.
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