Designed and produced in early 2024, this small book was commissioned by the owners of the property to be an informative and visual historical record of their house at 9 The Links.
Once occupied by three-time Open winner Jamie Anderson back in the 1870s, it also boasts famous golfing neighbours in Old Tom and Tommy Morris, who won eight Opens between them, and ‘The King of Clubs’ Allan Robertson.
Two doors down was the workshop of the clubmaker to the King, Robert Forgan.
The book also tells the story of the town of St Andrews, its connection with Mary, Queen of Scots, John Knox, and how golf was banned in 1457 as the King wanted his subjects to be practising archery!
‘9 The Links’ becomes my 16th golf book, stretching back to ‘One Hundred Years New’, celebrating the centenary of The New Golf Club in 2002, followed by the world’s most definitive book on Tom Morris – ‘Tom Morris of St Andrews, The Colossus of Golf 1821-1908′, written by David Malcolm & Peter Crabtree.
