YOU ARE THE STANDARD BEARER
Clan Stuart
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Every tribe gets its colours. Production isn't confirmed yet. This list decides which tribes go first once it is. The first run is numbered. Your place is permanent.
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Clan Stuart
The golfer who carries the game the right way.
Superpower — Consistency
You play the game the same way every time. The fundamentals do not change with the conditions, the partners, or the score.
Blind Spot — Rigidity
There are rounds where the fundamentals need to bend. You occasionally miss the moment that demands something different.
How You Play
You play by the rules without being asked. You dress correctly. You respect the course. Your pre-shot routine is the same on the first tee as it is on the 18th.
Who You Clash With
The Outlaw — County Donegal
The Outlaw finds the official way of doing things mildly suspicious. One of you maintains the form. One of you questions it.
Why This Tribe Fits You
You finished the putt. You reminded them what they were good at because the fundamentals are always the answer.
Tribe Oath
We play the game as it was meant to be played.
— YOUR TRIBE'S STORY —
Some golfers chase trends. Standard Bearers honour the game. The Stuarts started as stewards — literally. The family held the hereditary office of High Steward of Scotland from the 12th century, and the surname stuck.
In 1315, Walter Stewart married Marjorie Bruce, daughter of Robert the Bruce. Their son became King Robert II in 1371, the first Stewart king of Scotland. The line was violent from early on: Robert's grandson, James I, was murdered by conspirators at Blackfriars Monastery in Perth in 1437, stabbed to death while trying to hide.
Mary, Queen of Scots, changed the spelling to the French "Stuart" during her childhood in France. Her son James VI united the crowns of Scotland and England in 1603. Charles I, a Stuart, was executed in 1649 during the English Civil War — the only British monarch ever formally tried and beheaded by his own government. Even that didn't end the line. His son returned from exile in 1660, and the monarchy carried on as if the interruption had never happened. The dynasty finally ran out in 1714 with Queen Anne, and the Act of Union with it — but not before ruling longer than any Scottish royal house before or since.
Belonging to The Standard Bearer
To belong to Clan Stuart is to carry the weight of what came before you, and carry it correctly.
Golf Connection — Seton, 1567
Mary, Queen of Scots, was accused by her enemies of playing golf at Seton within days of her husband's murder — an accusation used against her, never proven, never forgotten. Standards outlast scandal.
Play This Ground — Central Scotland
Gleneagles, in Perthshire, which hosted the Ryder Cup in 2014. Rosemount at Blairgowrie, ranked among Scotland's finest inland courses. Dunblane New, a quieter test in the same heartland the Stuarts ruled from.