The Home of Golf, St Andrews, Scotland. Photograph by Kim Craig.
The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews is one of the oldest and most prestigious golf clubs in the world (the oldest possibly being the The Royal Burgess Golfing Society of Edinburgh at Barnton, Edinburgh, instituted 1735). It is based in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland, and is regarded as the worldwide "Home of Golf". Formerly, it was also one of the governing authorities of the game, but in 2004 this role was handed over to a newly formed group of companies, collectively known as The R&A. The Royal and Ancient Golf Club (but not the R&A) had a men-only membership policy; in 2012, former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown called on the club to abandon this in favour of a non-discriminatory policy as has the Vice-Chancellor of the University of St Andrews, Louise Richardson. On 18 September 2014, the club voted in favour of admitting female members.
Size: 5016px × 3344px
Location: St Andrews, Fife, Scotland
Photo credit: © kim craig / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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