Robert Lockhart was born in Dunfermline, and his home golf course was in Musselburgh
where he learned the game under the tutelage of that "grand old man" of
Scotch golf, Tom Morris. It was back to Musselburgh that Robert went in the
summer of 1887 and persuaded Tom Morris to make with his own hands a set of
golf clubs to take to America. With them he returned, with all the zeal of a
missionary about to Christianise [sic] darkest heathendom, and with his
first shot very nearly became a martyr for his faith.
In November of that year the St. Andrew's Golf Club of Yonkers was organised
[sic] with a total membership of seven, Mr. Lockhart being elected the first
active member, and Mr. John Reid the first president. All the available pasture
land in the neighbourhood [sic] was monopolised [sic] by earnest golfers,
and any Yonkers cow who craved a little meadow grass had to do her munching
at night. The powerful force that was to change the habits of the American
people was actually under way. St. Andrew's Golf Club had a six-hole course.
Dues were five dollars a year. Each player had six clubs and one gutta ball.
When a club was broken it was necessary to send it to Scotland for repairs.
When a ball was lost the Club declared a moratorium until it was found.
As can be imagined these doughty pioneers and their new game afforded no
little amusement to the countryside. The local peasantry leaned against the
fence and shouted good-natured banter at players trying to concentrate on
their putting. If pioneer Reid and his associates had been made of less
stern stuff American golf might have had an entirely different story.
- Transcript of a magazine article from "Scottish Field", July 1955
Grave location source - http://books.google.com/books?id=JxYAAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA198&dq=robert+lockhart+golf+death&hl=en&sa=X&ei=mDfwT-24Aaiv6gGv-fWYBg&ved=0CEIQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=robert%20lockhart%20golf%20death&f=false
where he learned the game under the tutelage of that "grand old man" of
Scotch golf, Tom Morris. It was back to Musselburgh that Robert went in the
summer of 1887 and persuaded Tom Morris to make with his own hands a set of
golf clubs to take to America. With them he returned, with all the zeal of a
missionary about to Christianise [sic] darkest heathendom, and with his
first shot very nearly became a martyr for his faith.
In November of that year the St. Andrew's Golf Club of Yonkers was organised
[sic] with a total membership of seven, Mr. Lockhart being elected the first
active member, and Mr. John Reid the first president. All the available pasture
land in the neighbourhood [sic] was monopolised [sic] by earnest golfers,
and any Yonkers cow who craved a little meadow grass had to do her munching
at night. The powerful force that was to change the habits of the American
people was actually under way. St. Andrew's Golf Club had a six-hole course.
Dues were five dollars a year. Each player had six clubs and one gutta ball.
When a club was broken it was necessary to send it to Scotland for repairs.
When a ball was lost the Club declared a moratorium until it was found.
As can be imagined these doughty pioneers and their new game afforded no
little amusement to the countryside. The local peasantry leaned against the
fence and shouted good-natured banter at players trying to concentrate on
their putting. If pioneer Reid and his associates had been made of less
stern stuff American golf might have had an entirely different story.
- Transcript of a magazine article from "Scottish Field", July 1955
Grave location source - http://books.google.com/books?id=JxYAAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA198&dq=robert+lockhart+golf+death&hl=en&sa=X&ei=mDfwT-24Aaiv6gGv-fWYBg&ved=0CEIQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=robert%20lockhart%20golf%20death&f=false
Robert Lockhart was born in Dunfermline, and his home golf course was in Musselburgh
where he learned the game under the tutelage of that "grand old man" of
Scotch golf, Tom Morris. It was back to Musselburgh that Robert went in the
summer of 1887 and persuaded Tom Morris to make with his own hands a set of
golf clubs to take to America. With them he returned, with all the zeal of a
missionary about to Christianise [sic] darkest heathendom, and with his
first shot very nearly became a martyr for his faith.
In November of that year the St. Andrew's Golf Club of Yonkers was organised
[sic] with a total membership of seven, Mr. Lockhart being elected the first
active member, and Mr. John Reid the first president. All the available pasture
land in the neighbourhood [sic] was monopolised [sic] by earnest golfers,
and any Yonkers cow who craved a little meadow grass had to do her munching
at night. The powerful force that was to change the habits of the American
people was actually under way. St. Andrew's Golf Club had a six-hole course.
Dues were five dollars a year. Each player had six clubs and one gutta ball.
When a club was broken it was necessary to send it to Scotland for repairs.
When a ball was lost the Club declared a moratorium until it was found.
As can be imagined these doughty pioneers and their new game afforded no
little amusement to the countryside. The local peasantry leaned against the
fence and shouted good-natured banter at players trying to concentrate on
their putting. If pioneer Reid and his associates had been made of less
stern stuff American golf might have had an entirely different story.
- Transcript of a magazine article from "Scottish Field", July 1955
Grave location source - http://books.google.com/books?id=JxYAAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA198&dq=robert+lockhart+golf+death&hl=en&sa=X&ei=mDfwT-24Aaiv6gGv-fWYBg&ved=0CEIQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=robert%20lockhart%20golf%20death&f=false
where he learned the game under the tutelage of that "grand old man" of
Scotch golf, Tom Morris. It was back to Musselburgh that Robert went in the
summer of 1887 and persuaded Tom Morris to make with his own hands a set of
golf clubs to take to America. With them he returned, with all the zeal of a
missionary about to Christianise [sic] darkest heathendom, and with his
first shot very nearly became a martyr for his faith.
In November of that year the St. Andrew's Golf Club of Yonkers was organised
[sic] with a total membership of seven, Mr. Lockhart being elected the first
active member, and Mr. John Reid the first president. All the available pasture
land in the neighbourhood [sic] was monopolised [sic] by earnest golfers,
and any Yonkers cow who craved a little meadow grass had to do her munching
at night. The powerful force that was to change the habits of the American
people was actually under way. St. Andrew's Golf Club had a six-hole course.
Dues were five dollars a year. Each player had six clubs and one gutta ball.
When a club was broken it was necessary to send it to Scotland for repairs.
When a ball was lost the Club declared a moratorium until it was found.
As can be imagined these doughty pioneers and their new game afforded no
little amusement to the countryside. The local peasantry leaned against the
fence and shouted good-natured banter at players trying to concentrate on
their putting. If pioneer Reid and his associates had been made of less
stern stuff American golf might have had an entirely different story.
- Transcript of a magazine article from "Scottish Field", July 1955
Grave location source - http://books.google.com/books?id=JxYAAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA198&dq=robert+lockhart+golf+death&hl=en&sa=X&ei=mDfwT-24Aaiv6gGv-fWYBg&ved=0CEIQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=robert%20lockhart%20golf%20death&f=false
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