Roger McStravick: Golf Historian

Roger McStravick is a golf historian, writer, editor and speaker, specializing in St Andrews, Old Tom Morris, and golfing legends from 1800 to 1920. His book, St Andrews-In The Footsteps of Old Tom Morris won the USGA's Herbert Warren Wind Book Award in 2015. The author's book, St Andrews - The Road War Papers won the same award in 2020. At The Open Championship in 2016, he was presented with the British Golf Collectors' Society Murdoch Medal - the highest British honor for golf literature.

In 2019, Roger became editor of the British Golf Collectors' Society magazine, Through The Green. He enjoys giving talks both formal and informal about Tom Morris and golf history in general. In the last few years he has appeared in numerous TV and film productions including Loopers and St Andrews - The Greatest Golf Story Ever Told, and for documentaries on various networks including BBC and The Golf Channel. In addition to being a contributor to podcasts and articles for papers such as The New York Times, he has also written for various golf publications worldwide including Links and Golf Illustrated.

An avid collector of rare books on St. Andrews, he has a deep appreciation and passion for the town.

In 2024, McStravick released his newest authoritative biography on the life of golfing great, Allan Robertson (Allan Robertson of St Andrews, King of Clubs, 1815-1859). In this episode, he shares some of the insights into his process for researching and bringing 19th century golf history to life, and to the myriad ways his knowledge of St Andrews and its constant state of change influences his daily life in the global epicenter of golf.