Records of play between the Weavers of Aberlady and the Weavers of Direlton in 1650 confirm that golf has been played around the Gullane Hill for well over 350 years. Organisation came with the foundation of the Gullane Club in 1882 as the game became more popular and accessible to the wider public with the arrival of the gutta percha ball in 1848. The No1 course at Gullane is the principal of the three courses and has been a venue for many important championships in its long and distinguished history. As far back as 1897 the Club organised the British Ladies’ Championship and it has been a regular qualifying course for the Open in the years since.