Heritage
Golf museums and heritage
Where the game keeps its memory: old clubs and feathery balls, the trophies, and the stories of the players who made it.
By the ULTIMATE Golf Editorial Team
St Andrews, Fife · Scotland
The R&A World Golf Museum
Immersive galleries trace over 400 years of golf’s history, from the medieval origins of the game through early societies, evolving equipment and fashion, to championships including The Open. More than 100 historic clubs are on display, and there is a Learning Room with a putting green.
Play nearby: St Andrews Links, Kingsbarns Golf Links, Carnoustie Golf Links
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Gullane, East Lothian · Scotland
Heritage of Golf Museum, Gullane
A collection on the development of the game, the natural materials, craft and skill of the early clubmakers, including East Lothian makers, and the beginnings of the modern game. It sits next to the club’s Professional Shop and is open by appointment only.
Play nearby: Muirfield, North Berwick Golf Club
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Pinehurst, North Carolina · United States
World Golf Hall of Fame
The World Golf Hall of Fame opened in Pinehurst in September 1974, with an initial class of 13 members. From 1998 it stood at World Golf Village in St Johns County, Florida, until that building closed in September 2023; in 2024 it came home to Pinehurst, to a new campus in the USGA’s Pinehurst Golf House.
It stands at 3 Carolina Vista Drive, and its own site gives opening hours of 9am to 4pm. Our advice: pair a visit with a round in Pinehurst, where the Hall of Fame began.
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