Scott Macpherson

And at that point, there had been that section of ground, which is the ladies' putting course, was privately rented for the purpose of the ladies' putting course.

And old Tom was told to usher this chap off the course.

And he said, well, I've got the right to play wherever I want.

So it became a court case.

And it could have gone either way.

As it turned out, this guy lost.

But what became interesting during the two days it was held in the Cooper Court

were all the great and good of St Andrews, including old Tom, Stuart Grace, who was the honorary secretary of the RNA, a number of other players, you know, well-known players who'd competed in the Open, all turned up and they gave their view.

And so it started to paint this picture of what the washerwomen were doing.

And old Tom's sister was a washerwoman, so she was part of the court case.

And they were saying, well, you know, they would go down there and they would light fires under these big bowls and take water out of the

take down their sheets and blankets and dip them in and put them on the gorse to dry.

And that was just knocking down all this grass.

So when the popularity of the game was growing, old Tom took the opportunity to slowly cut this hole closer and closer.

And that's how we ended up with what is now known as the first green.

Yeah, so obviously if we go back to that 1821 plan, we know at that point it's a very narrow course and it's linear.

But there's not many people playing, right?

So occasionally there'll be people going out and they're coming back.

They probably all know each other.

They're probably members of the