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In 1829, the members and greenstaff at Musselbrugh Golf Club in Scotland (now Royal Musselbrugh Golf Club) invented a hole cutter, which was 4.25 inches wide. The R&A visited and liked the design, they later decided to adopt it as the official size of a golf hole. The reasons why Musselbrugh's members had made it that size remain unknown.
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