Gullane Beach
Gullane Beach on the East Coast in East Lothian on the Firth of Forth is a golden sand beach great for children and families (no chair hire). Watch the windsurfers and have a swim (cold water). Have a walk along the beach and find the King's Chair and the ruins of St Patrick's Castle.
Greywalls Hotel and Gardens
East Lothian
Greywalls House was built in 1901 to a design by Sir Edwin Lutyens and is close to the Muirfield old Course. Home of the Gentlemen Golfers of Edinburgh. Mr Rattray club secretary wrote the first rules of golf in 1744.
The Greywalls House built for Alfred Lyttelton one of the best sportsmen in Britain in his time. He was the first man to represent England at both Cricket and Football, a successful politician and served as Secretary of State for the Colonies between 1903 and 1905. The architect of Greywalls also designed New Delhi, the Cenotaph in Whitehall and the British Embassy in Washington.
St Patrick's Chapel
At Black Rocks it is possible to see the ruin of St Patrick's Chapel, which is thought to date back to circa 1510.
Memorial Seating
Gullane Golf Course
A circular stone walled bench stands overlooking Gullane Golf Course and the coast of East Lothian with plaques to the memory people of Gullane who all enjoyed this place.
King's Chair
Close to the memorial is the King's Chair, a stone in the shape of a reclining chair is known as the King's Chair, (nothing spectacular) it has been in the same position for over 130 years. Gullane No.1 course has a hole named after it and there are three stones in the group.
Saltcoats Castle
Gullane East Lothian
Saltcoats castle ruins on the site of an ancient salt marsh is just situated of the Gullane 3 golf course. Built in the sixteenth century by the Lethingtons of Saltcoats who are also said to be the original owners and constructors of Lennoxlove House in Haddington. Not much to see now but remains of walls can still be seen after 200 years
The Thirteen Rules of Golf
1
“You must tee your ball within a club’s length of the hole”
2
“Your tee must be on the ground.”)
3
“You are not to change the ball which you strike off the tee.”
4
“You are not to remove stones, bones or any break club for the sake of playing your ball, except upon the fair green, and that only within a club’s length of the ball.”
5
“If your ball comes among water, or any watery filth, you are at liberty to take out your ball and bringing it behind the hazard and teeing it, you may play it with any club and allow your adversary a stroke for so getting out your ball.”
6
“If your balls be found anywhere touching one another you are to lift the first ball till you play the last.”
7
“At holing you are to play your ball honestly at the hole, and not to play upon your adversary’s ball, not lying in your way to the hole.”
8
“If you should lose your ball, by its being taken up, or any other way, you are to go back to the spot where you struck last and drop another ball and allow your adversary a stroke for the misfortune.”
9
“No man at holing his ball is to be allowed to mark his way to the hole with his club or anything else.”
10
“If a ball be stopped by any person, horse, dog, or anything else, the ball so stopped must be played where it lies.”
11
“If you draw your club in order to strike and proceed so far in the stroke as to be bringing down your club, if then your club should break in any way, it is to be accounted a stroke.”
12
“He whose ball lies farthest from the hole is obliged to play first.”
13
“Neither trench, ditch, or dyke made for the preservation of the links, nor the Scholars’ Holes or the soldiers’ lines shall be accounted a hazard but the ball is to be taken out, teed and played with any iron club.” (The first written rules also include the first local rule, for what we would now describe as ground under repair.)