Oldest Known Golf Program? (GHS Virtual Museum)
The oldest known golf program appears to be for the 1899 United States Amateur Championship. The example shown here had been the only known copy, but its GHS owner was informed that his friends at the USGA Golf Museum were gleefully able to acquire their own copy recently.
The program recounts the founding of the USGA, lists all affiliated clubs as of 1899, lists the prizes, has photos of the beautiful clubhouse at Onwentsia, rules and etiquette of golf, and more. (There is a rumor that a golf magazine of 1898 had photos of a program from 1898, but no such program has surfaced. If you know otherwise, please let us know).