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Bruntsfield Links is 35 acres of park in Bruntsfield, Edinburgh, immediately to the south-west of The Meadows, which it adjoins.

Unlike The Meadows, which is a former loch, Bruntsfield Links was always dry. It is the last vestige of the Burgh Muir, formerly woodland.

The word, "links", comes from the Scots language and is widely associated with land used for the game of golf.

Golf

Bruntsfield Links may be the earliest golf course in the world, in a city which now boasts more than twenty-one courses. It is unclear when golf was first played in Edinburgh, however, the first edict prohibiting the playing of the game was issued in 1457. Additionally, the Golf Tavern which adjoins the links claims to have been founded in 1456, though there is little evidence for this other than a claim made in A history of the Edinburgh Burgess Golfing Society. Currently, known as The Royal Burgess Golfing Society.

A plaque erected by the City of Edinburgh suggests that the game of golf may have been invented and first played on Bruntsfield Links.

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Bruntsfield is an area of Edinburgh, Scotland, about twenty minutes walk south-west of the city centre. In feudal times it fell within the barony of Colinton.

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Edinburgh
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The Meadows is a large public park in Edinburgh, Scotland, just to the south of the city centre. It consists mostly of open grassland crossed by tree-lined paths, but is also home to children's playgrounds, a croquet club and tennis courts.
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The Burgh Muir was an area to the south of Edinburgh city centre upon which much of the southern portion of the city now rests, following expansions of the 18th and 19th Centuries.
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For the place in India, see Golf Links (India).

A links golf course, sometimes referred to as a seaside links is the oldest style of golf course, first developed in Scotland.
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Scots refers to the Anglic varieties derived from early northern Middle English spoken in parts of Scotland. In Scotland it is sometimes called Lowland Scots or its contraction Lallans
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Golf is a sport in which individual players or teams of players strike a ball into a hole using several types of clubs. Golf is one of the few ball games that does not use a fixed, standardised playing field or area; defined in the Rules of Golf as
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The Royal Burgess Golfing Society of Edinburgh is a parkland golf course and is considered to be one of the oldest courses in Scotland. It is currently an exclusive golf club, situated in the area of Barnton, Edinburgh, where the golfers are mainly middle aged and elderly men, as
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Edinburgh
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Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, is divided into areas that generally encompass a park (sometimes known as "links"), a main local street (i.e. street of local retail shops), a high street (the historic main street, not always the same as the main local street, such as in Corstorphine)
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