Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 May 1901 — Royalty and Golf Links. [ARTICLE]

Royalty and Golf Links.

There are twenty-seven golf clubs which prefix the title “Royal.” Doubtless they can all adduce reasonable grounds for claiming the privilege. Blackheath, the “Royal and Ancient,” Musselburgh, the Albert (Montrose), Perth and North Devon are the six oldest golf clubs which bear the designation “Royal,” and at least two of them —St. Andrews and Perth —received the direct sanction of Queen Victoria. The title Royal and Ancient was conferred on the St. Andrew’s Club by King William IV. in January, 1834. Blackheath claims to have been founded by King James I. of England. It would be interesting to know the grounds for this contention, also the origin of the prefix “Royal” in regard to other dubs.—London Telegraph.