1886. Mr. H. G. Hutchinson beat Mr. H. A. Lamb by 7 up and 6 to play, at St. Andrews.

1887. Mr. H. G. Hutchinson beat Mr. John Ball, jun., by

1 hole, at Hoylake.

1888. Mr. John Ball, jun., beat Mr. J. E. Laidlay by 5 up and 4 to play, at Prestwick.

1889. Mr. J. E. Laidlay beat Mr. L. Balfour-Melville by

2 up and 1 to play, at St. Andrews.

1890. Mr. John Ball, jun., beat Mr. J. E. Laidlay by 4 up and 3 to play, at Hoylake.

1891. Mr. J. E. Laidlay beat Mr. H. H. Hilton by 1 hole, after a tie, at St. Andrews.

1892. Mr. John Ball, jun., beat Mr. H. H. Hilton by 3 up and 1 to play, at Sandwich.

1893. Mr. P. C. Anderson beat Mr. J. E. Laidlay by 1 hole, at Prestwick.

1894. Mr. John Ball, jun., beat Mr. S. Mure Fergusson by 1 hole, at Hoylake.

1895. Mr. L. Balfour-Melville beat Mr. John Ball, jun., by 1 hole, after a tie, at St. Andrews.

1896. Mr. F. G. Tait beat Mr. H. H. Hilton by 8 up and 7 to play, at Sandwich.

1897. Mr. A. J. T. Allan beat Mr. J. Robb by 4 up and 2 to play, at Muirfield.

1898. Mr. F. G. Tait beat Mr. S. Mure Fergusson by 7 up and 6 to play, at Hoylake.

WINNERS OF THE LADIES' CHAMPIONSHIP.

1893. Lady Margaret Scott beat Miss Issette Pearson by 7 up and 5 to play, at St. Anne's.

1894. Lady Margaret Scott beat Miss Issette Pearson by 3 up and 2 to play, at Littlestone.

1895. Lady Margaret Scott beat Miss E. Lythgoe by 5 up and 4 to play, at Portrush.

1896. Miss Amy Pascoe beat Miss L. Thomson by 3 up and 2 to play, at Hoylake.

1897. Miss E. C. Orr beat Miss Orr by 4 up and 3 to play, at Gullane.

1898 Miss Lena Thomson beat Miss E. Nevile by 6 up and 5 to play, at Great Yarmouth.

WINNERS OF THE IRISH AMATEUR (OPEN) CHAMPIONSHIP.

1892. Mr. Alex. Stuart, at Portrush.

1893. Mr. John Pall, jun., at Newcastle, Co. Down.

1894. Mr. John Ball, jun., at Dollymount.

1895. Mr. W. B. Taylor, at Portrush.

1896. Mr. W. B. Taylor, at Newcastle, Co. Down.

1897. Mr. H. H. Hilton, at Dollymount.

AGE OF LEADING GOLF CLUBS.

Established.

Royal Blackheath Golf Club...... 1608

Edinburgh Burgess Golfing Society .. .. .. 1735

Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers .. 1744

Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews .. 1754

Bruntsfield Links Golf Club ...... 1761

Royal Musselburgh Golf Club...... 1774

Royal Aberdeen Golf Club ...... 1780

Crail Golfing Society ........ 1786

Glasgow Golf Club ........ 1787

Burntisland Golf Club........ 1797

Montrose Golf Club (now Royal Albert) ... 1810

Manchester Golf Club........ 1818

Innerleven Golf Club ........ 1820

Royal Perth Golfing Society and County and City Club 1824

Calcutta Golf Club ........ 1829

Montrose Academy Golf Club...... 1832

North Berwick Golf Club ...... 1832

Carnoustie and Taymouth Golf Club .. .. .. 1839

Royal Bombay Gymkhana Golf Club... .. 1842

Panmure Golf Club, Monifieth...... 1845

Leven Thistle Golf Club ...... 1846

Lanark Golf Club ........ 1851

Prestwick Golf Club ........ 1851

Prestwick St. Nicholas Golf Club ..... 1851

Tantallon Golf Club, North Berwick..... 1853

Established.

Cupar Golf Club......... 1855

Dunbar Golf Club ........ 1856

Bruntsfield Allied Golf Club...... 1856

Pau Golf Club ......... 1856

Earlsferry and Elie Golf Club ..... 1858

Warrender Golf Club ........ 1858

King James VI. Golf Club, Perth ..... 1859

East Lothian Golf Club........ 1859

Royal North Devon Golf Club...... 1864

London Scottish Golf Club .. .. .. .. 1865

Royal Wimbledon Golf Club...... 1865

Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake .. .. .. 1869

Montreal Golf Club ........ 1873

Great Yarmouth Golf Club ...... 1882

St. George's Golf Club, Sandwich ..... 1887

Royal West Norfolk Golf Club, Brancaster... 1892