The R&A once had no women members?
For more than 260 years, membership of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews was limited to men. When the club was founded in 1...
The R&A and USGA did not always play by the same rules?
For much of the early 20th century, golf had two competing rule systems. The R&A governed golf throughout most of the world, while ...
The R&A once changed golf forever with one equipment decision?
For more than 60 years, golfers around the world played with two different-sized golf balls. British golfers traditionally used the sma...
The trophy that founded the R&A wasn’t a cup—it was a silver golf club?
In 1754, twenty-two golfers in St Andrews commissioned an ornate silver club to be played for every year. The winner not only claimed t...
The R&A wasn’t originally called “The R&A”?
When the Society of St Andrews Golfers was founded in 1754, it wasn't known as The Royal and Ancient Golf Club. The "Royal" title wasn'...
