The Ryder Cup may be over but two teams of global golfers are still battling it out for bragging rights.
Players from the US capped off the first round against a Rest of the World team in the Grand Hickory Match at Monifieth.
The two-day tournament follows a Ryder Cup format but competitors are play with pre-1935 hickory clubs and dress very much like period golfers of a century ago.
The competition concludes at Monifieth Links and is part of Carnoustie Country Festival of Golf, which runs until Sunday.
Both teams are vying for the grandly titled Society of Hickory Golfers International Hickory Cup.
George Bledger from Norfolk said: “Yesterday, I played in a Masters tournament with Sandy Lyle and today I am playing as part of the Rest of World team in a hickory match this is not your usual golfing holiday.
David Brown, an American orthopaedic surgeon who also owns a hickory golf ball company, is Team USA’s captain.
He said: “We’re determined this first international match will be fun and exciting so we can entice more US and world players to try to qualify for the second Grand Hickory match in two years.”
Lionel Freedman, co-founder and chairman of the World Hickory Open held at Panmure Golf Course on Tuesday, is also an organiser at this event.
“Carnoustie Country’s links courses are ideal for hickory golf,” he said.
“As well as the courses being in excellent condition and the warm welcome our golfers always receive, Carnoustie Country’s reputation as the cradle of golf definitely appeals to hickory golfers, who really appreciate being able to play in a corner of Scotland where the game has been played for over 450 years.”