Leven golfers took part in the first Grand National Tournament played at St Andrews in 1857. Alexander Marshall and David Wallace represented Leven and defeated Musselburgh but then lost to Blackheath (the London club, though represented by two Scots, Captain John Stewart of Fasnacloich and George Glennie of Aberdeen) who defeated the R&A in the final the next day. The same two golfers entered the championship the following year by which time the format had become singles matchplay, in effect the forerunner of the amateur championship. Alex Wallace lost by one stroke in the final to Robert Chambers junior of Bruntsfield. The red jacket worn by Alex Wallace (and shown in the photograph) was presented to the Innerleven club by his son.
The Amateur Champion medal was presented to the Innerleven golf club by the Standard Life Assurance Company in 1870 and is open to amateur golfers from local and invited clubs. A gold replica medal is awarded to each year's winner and this is shown in the second photograph. The final picture, the Carlow Medal, was first awarded in 1928 to the winner of the Spring Meeting and the illustration shows one dated 1937.
(Sources include: J. B. Salmond, The Story of the R&A (1952); J Marshall Bell, Leven Golf Course, (1958))
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