James Durham at St. Andrews in the Silver Cup competition sets a record unbroken for 86 years. 1768 – The Golf House at Leith is erected. It is the first golf clubhouse. 1773 – Competition at St. Andrews is restricted to members of the Leith and St. Andrews societies. 1774 – Thomas McMillan offers a Silver Cup for competition at Musselburgh, East Lothian. He wins the first championship. The first part-time golf course professional (at the time also the greenkeeper) is hired, by the Edinburgh Burgess Society. 1780 – The Society of Golfers at Aberdeen (later the Royal Aberdeen Golf Club) is formed. 1783 – A Silver Club is offered for competition at Glasgow. 1786 – The South Carolina Golf Club is formed in Charleston, the first golf club outside of the United Kingdom. The Crail Golfing Society is formed. 1788 – The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers requires members to wear club uniform when playing on the links. 1797 – The Burntisland Golf Club is formed. The town of St. Andrews sells the land containing the Old Course (known then as Pilmor Links), to Thomas Erskine for £805. Erskine was required to preserve the course for golf. 1806 – The St. Andrews Club chooses to elect its captains rather than award captaincy to the winner of the Silver Cup. Thus begins the tradition of the Captain "playing himself into office" by hitting a single shot before the start of the annual competition. 1810 – Earliest recorded reference to a women's competition at Musselburgh. 1824 – The Perth Golfing Society is formed, later Royal Perth (the first club so honoured). 1826 – Hickory imported from America is used to make golf shafts. 1829 – The Dum Dum Golfing Club, later Calcutta Golf Club (and later still Royal Calcutta) is formed. 1832 – The North Berwick Club is founded, the first to include women in its activities, although they are not permitted to play in competitions. 1833 – King William IV confers the distinction of "Royal" on the Perth Golfing Society; as Royal Perth, it is the first Club to hold the distinction. The St. Andrews Golfers ban the stymie but rescind the ban one year later. 1834 – William IV confers the title ""Royal and Ancient" on the Golf Club at St. Andrews. 1836 – The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers abandons the deteriorating Leith Links, moving to Musselburgh. The