Comments on: Leith Rules With Plans To Fill Missing Links http://www.golfswingsecretsrevealed.com/blog/2007/06/14/leith-rules-with-plans-to-fill-missing-links/ Golf Swing Instruction To Help You Lower Your Handicap Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:15:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: John Mulhearn http://www.golfswingsecretsrevealed.com/blog/2007/06/14/leith-rules-with-plans-to-fill-missing-links/comment-page-1/#comment-4251 John Mulhearn Tue, 02 Oct 2007 03:28:45 +0000 http://www.golfswingsecretsrevealed.com/blog/2007/06/14/leith-rules-with-plans-to-fill-missing-links/#comment-4251 Hello Andy Following your letter on directions to the origins of Golf.. "Turn right at the foot of Leith’s main artery, Leith Walk, and you may pass a pub called the Golf Tavern. You might wonder at the name but give it little more thought (and you probably won’t be tempted to go in). Cross over and you find yourself on Leith Links (another give away) and as you enjoy a pleasant walk past the football games, play parks, allotments and cricket pitches you might see a small stone cairn." I can recommend the following adjustment as when you say you "might see a small stone cairn" with the instructions as given you won't. So, follow Leith Walk to the end (Foot of the walk), turn right into Duke Street. Then turn left into Duncan Place ("The Golf" pub is just past the corner, on the right.). At the end of Duncan Place, at the northern tip/corner of Claremont Park (Leith Links) you will see the cairn (1m high / 1 m square) with a plaque indicating the original course layout. If you follow the original instructions, you will end up at the south end of the park/links (Don't pass the playing field, the allotments, the cricket club and don't rely on locals to know where it is). This said, if you visit Edinburgh, it is worth the trip. Regards John Hello Andy
Following your letter on directions to the origins of Golf..

“Turn right at the foot of Leith’s main artery, Leith Walk, and you may pass a pub called the Golf Tavern. You might wonder at the name but give it little more thought (and you probably won’t be tempted to go in). Cross over and you find yourself on Leith Links (another give away) and as you enjoy a pleasant walk past the football games, play parks, allotments and cricket pitches you might see a small stone cairn.”

I can recommend the following adjustment as when you say you “might see a small stone cairn” with the instructions as given you won’t.

So, follow Leith Walk to the end (Foot of the walk), turn right into Duke Street. Then turn left into Duncan Place (“The Golf” pub is just past the corner, on the right.). At the end of Duncan Place, at the northern tip/corner of Claremont Park (Leith Links) you will see the cairn (1m high / 1 m square) with a plaque indicating the original course layout.

If you follow the original instructions, you will end up at the south end of the park/links (Don’t pass the playing field, the allotments, the cricket club and don’t rely on locals to know where it is).

This said, if you visit Edinburgh, it is worth the trip.
Regards
John

]]> By: Ted Exley http://www.golfswingsecretsrevealed.com/blog/2007/06/14/leith-rules-with-plans-to-fill-missing-links/comment-page-1/#comment-1963 Ted Exley Fri, 15 Jun 2007 11:46:46 +0000 http://www.golfswingsecretsrevealed.com/blog/2007/06/14/leith-rules-with-plans-to-fill-missing-links/#comment-1963 :shock: Fancy that.... Please give us more history about the great Scottish Golf Courses...which, to most of us, are the best courses in the whole of the world, mostly kept as nature intended, but, please do not make our American friends grind their teeth, as they are extremely jealous of our golfing heritage..:oops: Regards Ted :shock: Fancy that…. Please give us more history about the great Scottish Golf Courses…which, to most of us, are the best courses in the whole of the world, mostly kept as nature intended, but, please do not make our American friends grind their teeth, as they are extremely jealous of our golfing heritage..:oops:

Regards Ted

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