Hickory golf comes to Scotland’s Gleneagles Hotel

Visitors to Scotland’s Gleneagles Hotel can now enjoy a round of golf as if it was 1924.

Until the end of July, hotel guests and visitors can take to the fairways with hickory clubs to recreate an early 20th-century golfing experience on Gleneagles’ PGA National Academy Course. 

Dick Burton wins The Open Championship 1939

Burton in full swing

Lancashire golfer Dick Burton made history when he won The Open Championship of 1939.

In the build-up the tournament The St Andrews Citizen newspaper stated: ‘In no event is it more difficult to act the prophet than in an Open Championship, and the task of spotting the winner is no more easy this year than on any former occasion’.

It tipped Henry Cotton, making a bid to win the title for a third time, stating ‘it is difficult to imagine anything nearer perfection in golf, and by popular choice he is Britain’s No.1 hope.’