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The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews holds a unique position in golf. Established in 1754, it evolved through two and a half centuries as a leading authority in the world game.
As the Club celebrated its 250th anniversary in 2004 it devolved responsibility for the administration of the Rules of Golf, the running of The Open Championship and other key events, and the development of the game in existing and emerging golfing nations, to a newly formed group of companies collectively known as The R&A.
As a separate entity the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews remains as a private golf club with a world-wide membership of 2,400.
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Severiano Ballesteros has accepted an invitation to become an Honorary Member of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews.
Severiano Ballesteros first caught the attention of the golfing public when, as a 19-year-old, he finished in a tie for second place with Jack Nicklaus at the 1976 Open Championship, held at Royal Birkdale. |
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The new Captain of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews drove into office this morning (Thursday) to the sound of cannon-fire. At precisely 8. |
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| Colin M Brown nominated as The Captain of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club for 2009 -2010 |
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| John Whitmore (right), 2002-3 captain of the R&A with John Panton and outgoing captain Graeme Simmers. |
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The Silver Cross
Colonel John Murray Belshes presented the Silver Cross to the Club in 1836 to be the principal prize at the Club's Spring Meeting. He felt that "as the Gold Medal was the only prize now given by the club and as there were numerous first rate players who competed for it, it would tend to increase the interest were an additional prize competed for yearly". |
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