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When was the first permanent golf club in the Western Hemisphere founded?

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Tiger Woods follows through on his golf swing after teeing off, standing in tall grass with spectators watching in the background at St Andrews Golf Links. — golf American golfer Tiger Woods competing at the British Open (Open Championship) at St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland, 2005.

The first permanent golf club in the Western Hemisphere was the Royal Montreal Golf Club, which was established in 1873.1