 | John Kay - 1838 - 466 pages
...heads that ever visited this country, used to practise the golf in the Links of Leith, now occupied by the Society for the same purpose. " King Charles I....and it is said, that when he was engaged in a party at golf on the Links of Leith, a letter was delivered into his hands, which gave him the first account... | |
 | James Lindsay Stewart - Golf - 1887 - 316 pages
...heads that ever visited this country, used to practise the golf in the Links of Leith, now occupied by the Society for the same purpose. King Charles I....and it is said that, when he was engaged in a party at golf on the Links of Leith, a letter was delivered into his hands, which gave him the first account... | |
 | Robert Clark - Golf - 1893 - 358 pages
...last crowned heads that ever visited this country, used to practise the Golf in the Links of Leith." King Charles I. was extremely fond of this exercise...and it is said that, when he was engaged in a party at Golf, on the Links of Leith, a letter was delivered into his hands, which gave him the first account... | |
 | John Kerr - Golf - 1896 - 696 pages
...of Blackheath, in 1608. A writer in the Scots Magazine for 1792 says, ' King Charles t. [1600-1649] was extremely fond of this exercise ; and it is said that when he was engaged in a party at golf on the links of Leith, a letter was delivered into his hands which gave him the first account... | |
 | Jim Apfelbaum - Humor - 2007 - 812 pages
...COURSE IN THE UNITED STATES King Charles I is said to have been fond of the exercise of the golf. While he was engaged in a party of golf on the Links of...his hands, which gave him the first account of the rebellion in Ireland. —WILLIAM TYTLER 1792 Gentlemen, this beats rifle shooting. It is a game I think... | |
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King Charles I. was extremely fond of this exercise ; and it is said that, when he was engaged in a party at golf on the Links of Leith, a letter was delivered into his hands, which gave him the first account of the insurrection and rebellion in Ireland... 