Episode 60: Looking Back, Moving Forward: The R&A Golf Heritage Conference 2025

Mike Morrison joins us on this episode to introduce the upcoming R&A Heritage Conference which will take place in St. Andrews on March 11th & 12th 2025. The event has been organised through the longstanding partnership between the R&A and the British Golf Collectors Society. 'History is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of the fire' - Philip Truett (Founding Member of BGCS.). The Conference is focussed on providing Historic Golf Clubs with the tools, resources and support to further the collection, documentation, preservation and presentation of their unique histories some of which may have been forgotten or misremembered through time. We hope we've cast a little light on some of the interesting sessions scheduled for attendees over the course the two days in St Andrews. Please follow this link for the full Heritage conference agenda. Mike also gives us an introduction to some of his own research, writing and current research interests. If you would like to order a copy of Mike's book, The Great English Golf Boom, please contact him directly via email at [email protected]. Stephen Proctor's book, The Long Golden Afternoon (mentioned as a great companion piece to The Great English Golf Boom) can be purchase directly from the Publisher, Birlinn Books. Please also find links to Mike's 3 part series on Tom Dunn below for which he was awarded the 2023 BGCS Presidents Medal Through the Green March 2023 Through the Green June 2023 Through the Green September 2023 Thanks for tuning in, we hope you enjoy our chat! Episode music supplied under license from Epidemic Sound Shoreline Serenade - Dye O.1.1Special Guest: Mike Morrison.