A Poet's thoughts of the Highlands of Scotland

He who first met the Highlands swelling blue
Will love each peak that shows a kindred hue
Hail in each crag a friends familiar face
And clasp the mountain in his minds embrace
Lord Byron

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Visit Scotland with Golf Scotland

Visit Scotland with Golf Scotland.

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How would you rate the quality of service as provided by Perthshire Chauffer Drive?

- Very friendly and professional drivers – Sarah Docherty, Hello Scotland
- Very comfortable and well driven in poor weather conditions– Iona MacPherson, Crossan Communications
- Superb– Christine Stewart, Hunting Oilfield Services
- No faults at all - Kirsty Veitch, Travel Scot World
- A helpful cove– Simon Barclay, Scottish & Newcastle International
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Home of Clan McPherson

Home of Clan McPherson.

Edradour Distillery

Edradour Distillery.

Clans of Scotland

Clans of Scotland. Our coach is ideal for your Clan tour of Scotland. Clans of Scotland Free Images.

The Battle of Culloden

Sung By: Isla Grant.

The Battle of Culloden (April 16, 1746), was the final clash between the Jacobites and the Hanoverians in the 1745 Jacobite Rising. It was the last battle to be fought on mainland Britain, and brought the Jacobite cause—to restore the House of Stuart to the thrones of England and Scotland—to a decisive defeat from which it never recovered.

The Jacobites—most of them Highland Scots—supported the claim of Charles Edward Stuart (aka "Bonnie Prince Charlie" or "The Young Pretender") to the throne; the British army, under the Duke of Cumberland, younger son of the Hanoverian sovereign, King George II, supported his father's cause.

The aftermath of the battle was brutal and earned the victorious general the name "Butcher" Cumberland. Charles Edward Stuart eventually left Britain and went to Rome, never to attempt to take the throne again. Civil penalties were also severe. New laws dismantled the Highlanders' feudal clan system, and even highland dress was outlawed.

Scone Palace

Our luxury coach leaving Scone Palace, Perthshire, Scotland.

Golf Scotland Map

Full colour Golf Scotland Map at 9 miles to 1 inch with golf courses clearly shown. 18 and 9 hole courses are plotted on the map and listed with their website address and telephone numbers. Golf Map of Scotland (Map).

Golf in Scotland

A Swing Through Time: Golf in Scotland 1457-1744. The origins of golf are a matter of mystery and controversy. Little, if any, evidence of the game in the form of golfing equipment or recognisable images survives from earlier than the mid 18th century. And so, for the 'Dark Ages' of golf, before the formalisation of the game with the establishment of the first Golfing Societies and Clubs, it is to written sources that we must turn for reliable information. This book takes a close look at the earliest records of the game in Scotland, from the 1457 Act of Parliament banning golf to the first printed book devoted entirely to the game - Thomas Mathison's poem "The Goff", published in 1743. The original documents and books, many from the collections of the National Library of Scotland, are reproduced, while transcripts, commentary and interpretation of the sources illuminate not only the early days of golf, but also the society which gave rise to the world's most internationally popular game. A Swing Through Time: Golf in Scotland 1457-1744.

Old Tom Morris and Young Tom Morris

The tale of Tom Morris, winner of golf's first Open Championship in Scotland in 1860, and his son, Tommy Morris, who won the Open three years in a row, is not only one of sport's great stories but also a compelling saga of near-Homeric proportions. Like Mark Frost in The Greatest Game Ever Played (2002), about Francis Quimet's unlikely triumph in the 1913 U.S. Open, Cook tells the story of Tom Sr and Tom Jr. with his eyes on multiple balls: golf history, personal drama, and the larger societal concerns that the young game reflected. The son of a weaver and a maid, Tom Morris went from apprentice golf-ball maker to the Grand Old Man of St. Andrews, the home of golf. Along the way, he won the Open Championship four times and fathered a son, known as Young Tom, who broke all his father's records yet died in his twenties at the height of his fame and only a few months after his wife died in childbirth. Golf history claims Young Tom died of a broken heart, and while Cook sets the record straight on that point, the heartbreaking essence of the story will not be reduced to pulmonary embolisms. Beyond telling a tragic story of supreme athletic accomplishment and premature death, Cook shows how golf, though quickly claimed by the aristocracy, had its roots in the working classes. Golf history at its absolute best. Tommy's Honor: The Story of Old Tom Morris and Young Tom Morris, Golf's Founding Father and Son.