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Episode 148: TGH 148: The History of Musselburgh Links

February 1st, 2026  |  Season 8  |  1 hr 23 mins

golf, golf history, musselburgh, open championship, the open, willie park

This may go down as one of my favorite podcasts in our eight years of production - my love of all things Musselburgh goes back to my first trip to it's links nearly 20 years ago. This nine hole links has lived through the best of times and certainly the bad. We are joined by my friend, historian and author Mungo Park as he shares the delightful history of this most honest town.

If you want to learn more, consider buying his book, "Musselburgh: Cradle of Golf" at Auld Grey Toon Golf Books

Episode 147: TGH 147: The History of Leith Links

January 22nd, 2026  |  Season 8  |  1 hr 20 mins

golf, golf history, leith links, royal golf, scotland, scottish history

There may not be a more important course in the world (that you havent heard of) than Leith Links - there is an argument that you can't play the game of golf without a major component of it's history. The History of Leith Links is endlessly fascinating - there are golf matches, duels, murders, kings and commoners and today on the show Mike Tucker of the Leith Rules Society joins us to shed a light on one of history's forgotten courses and the home to the rules of golf.