Is Carnoustie Ladies' Golf Club the oldest ladies' golf club in the world?
As Gillian Kirkwood, Past President of Ladies' Golf Union and Chairman of Trustees of Women Golfers' Museum, said in her Foreword to the club's 150th anniversary commerorative book (in 2023:)
Carnoustie Ladies' Golf Club (1873), although starting life as a putting club, is the oldest Ladies' Golf Club that has been in continuous existence and where members play the full game of golf.