The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews
The Scots lay claim to many inventions, including the bicycle, postage stamps, telephones and steam engines. But perhaps their most enduring invention is the great game of golf. One of the country's biggest tourist draws is the much revered Royal and Ancient Golf Club located in historic St Andrews and just 12 miles southeast of Dundee. Founded in 1750 and recognized internationally as golf's ruling body, St Andrews regularly hosts the famous British Open at one of its many 18-hole courses, the most famous of which is the par 72 Old Course running alongside the rugged coast. Worth visiting are the majestic old Clubhouse and the British Golf Museum which documents the history of the "home of golf" from the Middle Ages to the present day.
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