This is the rich and fascinating story of the legacy left to golf by the railways: a story told through social history and anecdote. Having spent his working life in the railway industry, Ian Nalder, a single-figure handicap golfer for forty-six years, has written a fascinating account that will appeal to golfers, railway enthusiasts and social historians alike.

Transporting the reader to a bygone era, Scotland’s Golf in Days of Steam tells the remarkable story of how the railways came to play such a vital role in the development of golf in Scotland. The heroes of this world include Tom Morris, Macdonald Smith, George Duncan and Joyce Wethered, among others. Through anecdote and recollection Ian Nalder recaptures the romance and style of the period; journey with him as he investigates the legacy left by the railways at courses such as Brora, Gleneagles, Nairn, St Andrews, Tain, Turnberry, Western Gailes and many, many more.

This fascinating book encompasses some of the most awe-inspiring greens in Scotland … Boat of Garten; Brora; Cruden Bay; Cullen; Elgin; Forres; Glasgow Gailes; Gleaneagles; Golspie; Grantown; Gullane; Hopeman; Kingussie; Machrihanish; Moray; Nairn; Newtonmore; North Berwick; panmure; Prestwick; Royal Dornoch; St Andrews; Silloth; Spey Bay; Strathlene; Strathpeffer Spa; Tain; Turnberry; Western Gailes.