And before Harvey Penick penned The Little Red Book, which included his golf stories and words of wisdom on the game, there was The Goff. St. Andrews, Scotland. Visit the town from dawn to dusk and stroll across a life-size replica of the famous Swilcan Burn Bridge on the 18th hole of the old course at St. Andrews, Scotland. Of course, St. Andrews wasn't what it is today - and neither were the professional golfers who played it. Instead of practicing their putting, they were designing golf courses, taking care of them, and making clubs and balls.
Visitors can find out for themselves what the early golf professionals used to fine-tune their game.
A putting surface constructed similar to an 1880s green allows visitors to try a few putts using a wood-shafted putter and a gutta percha ball from the era. He broke the racial barrier in golf as the first African-American to compete in the U.S. Open in 1896. He was the first African-American on the PGA Tour. And then there's Tiger Woods, who crushed the field in the 1997 Masters. Their stories are told in the exhibit hall, too.