McStravick, Roger

McStravick, Roger

Roger McStravick is an award-winning golf historian, writer, and broadcaster. His books, The Road War Papers, St. Andrews In the Footsteps of Old Tom Morris, History of Golf and more are making Roger the premier active golf historian, Footsteps, which the press hailed as a ‘masterpiece’, won both the USGA’s Herbert Warren Wind Book Award and the British Golf Collectors Society Murdoch Medal. His books A History of Golf, St. Andrews – A Comfort Blanket for the Hapless Golfer and Little Tommy Morris have earned him praise from critics and readers all over the world. No doubt The Road War Papers is a sure hit, putting virtually all new unpublished material of life and characters in the later half of the 19th century.

“Roger McStravick writing about St. Andrews
is as happy a partnership as Arnold Palmer
and Tip Anderson. Nothing more need be said.” John Hopkins, The Times 

As an avid collector of rare books on St. Andrews,
he has a deep appreciation and passion for the town. Roger features regularly on TV and also acts as an advisor to films and documentaries for various networks including BBC and The Golf Channel.